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The District Court of Colombo recently delivered a landmark judgement awarding compensation to a disabled child whose disabilities had arisen as a direct result of the negligent conduct of the hospital and medical professionals at the time of her birth. Additional District Judge, Justice Kalhari Liyanage, by her judgment dated
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The various cyber security breaches in 2022 affecting government institutions such as SriLankan Airlines, the Ministry of Health, the Sri Lankan Bureau of Foreign Employment and the Department of Examinations, have exposed the need for a robust cyber security framework to be established. The first draft of the Cyber Security
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The Casino gaming business in Sri Lanka is regulated by the Casino Business (Regulation) Act 17 of 2010 (“Act”). Nearly 12 years after its enactment, the Minister of Finance has issued Casino Business Licensing Regulation No. 1 of 2022 (“Regulation”) giving effect to the provisions of the Act. A brief
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As it stands under the current Sri Lankan legal framework women are permitted to work during night hours only in limited circumstances. The need for the lifting of such restrictions had been proposed by the Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment in Sri Lanka which subsequently received Cabinet approval on
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The Personal Data Protection Act of Sri Lanka was passed in parliament and was certified by the Speaker on 19th March 2022 and is the principal legislation that deals with the protection of personal data in Sri Lanka. For the large part the Act being in line with global legislation
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The proposed 21st Amendment to the constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka was published via gazette supplement dated 6th May 2022. The said bill was introduced as a private member’s bill and was presented to the cabinet on 17th May 2022. In brief, the bill proposes
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<p>The Press Release dated 31.05.2022 was issued by the Media Division of Prime Minister’s Office setting out several proposals revising the VAT regime. A summary of salient features of such proposals is set out below:<br><br></p>
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<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> Proposed Tax Reforms – Value Added Tax (“VAT”) In Sri Lanka The Press Release dated 31.05.2022 was issued by THE Media Division of Prime Minister’s Office setting out several proposals revising the VAT regime. A summary
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What is Arbitration? Arbitration is a means of non-judicial dispute resolution by referring a dispute to a neutral party (an Arbitrator) for a binding decision, or “Award”, which is enforceable in Court. Arbitration is generally sought by parties as it provides more flexibility in resolving the dispute when compared to
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Applicability Any person including individuals, companies, Funds, NGO’s, partnerships who has not disclosed any amount of taxable supply, income or asset which was required to be disclosed under laws related to income tax enacted in 1979, 2000, 2006 and 2017 (“IR Laws”) and Value Added Tax Act No. 14
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Proposed Bill to amend the Intellectual Property Act with a registration system on Geographical Indications in Sri Lanka The Bill to amend the Intellectual Property Act No 36 of 2003, to introduce a system to register Geographical Indications (“GI”) has been presented to Parliament in Sri Lanka. The intention behind
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The Supreme Court recently delivered an interesting judgement pertaining to the matter of establishing prescriptive title on the basis of long use. The dispute concerned two individuals who were related to each other and the premises in dispute was an ancestral home in which the plaintiff and the defendant had