Patrimonial loss occurred due to physical injury has been redressed by law. In delict, damage or loss is assessed in monetary means and damages are ordered by the court to compensate someone who suffered a legally compensable ...

Informed consent is a concept that evolved in the developed countries in the west where they have allegedly better medical facilities for medical treatment from which medico-legal consequences arise and now it is spreading ...

The migration of Up-country Tamils to Sri Lanka occurred during the colonial period and was characterized by the movement of millions of Indian Tamils brought to work on the plantation estates in the hill stations of ...

This article scrutinizes the possibility of introducing the right to truth and the right to mourn in Sri Lanka as an integral component of a right to an effective remedy that can be afforded to the family members of the ...

A CIF contract denotes that the seller is responsible for the delivery of the documents that accompanies the goods. It implies that the buyer is responsible to make the payments concerning the cost, insurance, and freight ...

The issue of consumer protection is at the centre of the discussion in the present scenario in which economies are open and a wide variety of goods and services available in the marketplace for human consumption. Primarily, ...

The application of Bolam and Bolitho tests as expounded in Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee (1957 1 WLR 583) and Bolitho v City Hackney H.A (1998 A.C. 23) respectively has been subjected to prolonged criticism ...

Social security and social justice in relation to labour relations require payment of severance compensation when employments are terminated for non-disciplinary reasons such as retrenchment and closure. The Industrial ...

Murder is an unjustifiable killing according to its legal definition. However, the Penal Code of Sri Lanka identifies some murderous acts of an accused where those can be considered as ‘justified kill’. A murder committed ...