Category: Legal
Norway partners with UNDP Sri Lanka to support peace & justice
Dec 10, 2018 (LBO) – Norwegian government has entered into a partnership agreement with the UNDP Sri Lanka to extend support to UNDP Sri Lanka’s flagship portfolio on SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions project for the period December 2018 to December 2020. The Ambassador of Norway to Sri Lanka Thorbjørn […]
Appeal Court issues interim order preventing PM & Cabinet from functioning
Dec 03, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal on Monday issued an interim order restraining Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Cabinet from functioning until the petition against them is heard. Notices have also been issued to respondents to appear before the court on 12 December 2018. Judges who considered the arguments presented by […]
Supreme Court adjourned till 5:00pm as nation awaits decision on interim relief
November 13, 2018 (LBO) –
US President Donald Trump sacks Attorney General
Nov 08, 2018 (LBO) – US President Donald Trump has sacked his Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a day after the Republicans lost control of the lower house of Congress in the 2018 midterm elections.The move came after the President repeatedly criticized his Attorney General for not taking a tougher approach to illegal immigrants, and accused […]
Attorney General side steps Constitutional Crisis
October 13, 2018 (LBO) –
High Court issues interim order against Dr. Ali Gulamhusein and Malayandi Jeyapragash
October 19, 2018 (LBO) – Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) listed Ceylon & Foreign Trades (CFT) recently released a disclosure with regard to its legal matters. In the disclosure it states that the Hight Court has issued : “an interim order against the 1st to 3rd Respondents from disposing, alienating, and/or encumbering and of the assets […]
Full Supreme Court decision on Duminda Silva appeal published
October 14, 2018 (LBO) – The full Supreme Court decision on the Duminda Silva appeal case has been published. It was a unanimous decision of a five judge panel in Sri Lanka’s highest court. The Supreme Court opinion in this landmark case is likely to become one of the most widely read opinions in the […]
President appoints and CC approves Judge Nalin Perera as the 46th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
October 13, 2018 (LBO) – President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed and the Constitutional Council has confirmed the new 46th Chief Justice (CJ). The collaborative process enshrined in Sri Lanka’s reformed constitution seemed to work flawlessly, resulting in a new CJ appointed through a highly regarded mechanism. Chief Justice Nalin Perera has spent close to 4 […]
Developing economies of G-24 call for global action to contain risks
Oct 11, 2018 (LBO) – Concern over rising risks to emerging market economies were center stage this week as global Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors gathered this week in Bali, Indonesia. Bali hosted both the biannual Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Twenty-Four (G-24) developing countries and the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund […]
US BUILD act passes House; aims to counter China’s debt-trap diplomacy
Sept 27, 2018 (LBO) – United States House of Representatives have approved the inclusion of the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018.The House yesterday passed the Act by a vote of 398-23 and the legislation now heads to the Senate for consideration. BUILD Act is […]
Hanaa Singer assumes duties as UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka
Sept 07, 2018 (LBO) – Hanaa Singer, presented her credentials to President Maithripala Sirisena as the new United Nations Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme Resident Representative, at his residence on Wednesday.As the most senior UN Official in the country, Ms.Singer will lead the UN Country Team of 22 Resident and Non-Resident UN Agencies and […]
Sri Lanka to receive BIMSTEC Chairmanship; President to lead Sri Lanka delegation
Aug 28, 2018 (LBO) – President Maithripala Sirisena will lead the Sri Lanka Delegation to the 4th Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), which will be held from 30-31 August 2018 in Kathmandu. Ministry of Foreign Affairs said at the conclusion of the Summit, the Chairmanship of BIMSTEC […]