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BASL E-NEWS PAGE NUMBER 1JUNE 2016

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BASL E-NEWSLETTER

“it’s your duty, you fought for

this, be with us..”

BASL calls upon parliament to enact a code of ethics and standards in

light of recent events in

parliament

TOP 10 tips TO HELP YOU BECOME A BETTER lAWYER

From the secretary’s desk

Your Excellency the President, honourable the Chief Justice and members of the judi-ciary, honourable the Minister of Justice who happens to hold the record of both being President of Bar Association and the Minister of Justice, the Attorney-General, two of the people I have known well who are here; Albert Sachs, who ten years ago gave me and my wife and Mr Samarawickrama a wonderful dinner in Cape Town, and Presi-dent’s Counsel Romesh De Silva, when I see him I realize how old I am because I took oaths just a few months or a year after him. I am disclosing State secrets. President of the Bar Association, the High Commissioner for South Africa, Chairman of the Natio-nal Law Conference and friends.....See pg2

From dress code to conduct these hints are guaranteed to make you stand out amongst the crowd.A useful list for both junior lawyers and senior practitioners this list forms the basics of ethics,etiquette and court room demeanour.........See pg6

The BASL Flood Relief Programme,Legal Aid to flood victims,the fate of the Commercial High Courts,A new labour tribunal for Jaffna,the 11th Law Asia In-ternational Moot Court and much more..........See pg5

THE STATEMENT ISSUED BY MR. GEOFFREY ALAGARATNAM PC, THE PRESIDENT OF THE BAR

ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKA....See pg4

ADDRESS BY HON. RANIL WICKREMESINGHE - PRIME MINISTER OF SRI LANKA AT THE NATIONAL LAW CONFERNECE

A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKA VOLUME-1 ISSUE-2 JUNE 2016

THE BAR ASSOCIATION MONTHLY EVENT CALENDER....See pg3

Geoffrey Alagaratnam, PC Saliya Pieris Amal Randeniya Dinoo Darmaratne Rajitha Hathurusinghe President Deputy President Secretary Treasurer Assistant Secretary


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“it’s your duty, you fought for this, be

with us..”ADDRESS BY HON. RANIL WICKREMESINGHE - PRIME

MINISTER OF SRI LANKA AT THE NATIONAL LAW CONFERNECE

When you look at the main table and see the all people who are seated there, I think it’s a tes-timony to the contribution made by the lawyers in Sri Lanka in defending the rule of law and democracy. All I can say is ‘thank you’. It maybe that the upbringing we had in a system which is over 300 years old, has made us able to stand in our own two feet and fight for what is right. You have to remember that we have the Roman Dutch Law, the Thesawalamei which was co-dified by the Dutch, and the Sinhala and the Kandyan law which was all brought together under the British system in 1835. So it makes us one of the oldest in the world, the only two that are older than us is the United Kingdom and the United States. The British North America Act was passed only in 1867.

So it is a system that is very resilient, which threw up Ramanathan and Chrissy to defend us in 1915. H. V. Perera to defend Bracegirdle, the Sri Lanka Bar Association under H. W. Ja-yawardana who fought it out from 75 to 77, and then all of you under Wijeyadasa and Geoffrey Alagaratnam who fought for what you think was correct and what we thought was correct. So I told Geoffrey that why don’t you write a book about the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and our legal systems, you are not second to anyone else. But as a result of our fight, we have here today with us a person who made his own contribution and he sacrificed a lot to become our common candidate and the President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena.

For the first time we have a President who does not seek to concentrate power and he has said reduce my power, take away my immunity and has told the Parliament that there is much more you can do. And I thought I should spend a little bit of time telling you what exactly we are doing towards reconciliation, national unity and preparing a new constitution.

Firstly in regard to reconciliation, the President himself is one of the major Ministers who have taken over the subject and also we have a Minister we also have the Former President Chan-drika Kumaratunga in charge of the office of national unity. We have everyone, not only the government but even the opposition, many of the opposition members in Parliament. Unfortu-nately I can’t say all and most of all the civil society, for contributing to reconciliation and to national unity.

Then we have, as someone said, we are bringing legislation to establish a missing persons offi-ce. And we have a team, a technical team that has already gone to South Africa, we have the Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and some other Ministers and some of the members of the opposition who will go subsequently to South Africa, so that we will have outlines of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hopefully by June this year. The President and the go-vernment is emphasising reconciliation and accountability, not revenge. And we thought South Africa is one of the best examples that we could follow.

We have also now as the Minister said established the Constitutional Assembly. Though the President told us to go ahead in January, it took bit more time to get everyone to agree so we could have the Assembly set up unanimously. As far as possible we try and uphold the princi-ple of unanimity in approaching the issues. We have established a Cabinet Sub-Committee on the constitution but the Constitutional Assembly will now establish or elect the steering commi ttee. We have no pre-arranged draft.We make thisvery very clear.

Hon.Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing the National Law Conference 2016

HARUM ESED MO IM REICATI NVERITATECAE NI OM-NIS ET REEX MAIORTA STILIQUE CONSULO

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1..

We have the people representation commission which is now asking for the views of the peo-ple. By end of April they’ll have a report. Based on the report the steering committee will go ahead and prepare the drafts. The only issue which we are discussing among ourselves is the electoral system which is the bread and butter of all political parties. The 20th amendment that was proposed well got us together for about 50% of it. We pushed it further; I hope that we will be able to get the agreement on the mixed member proportional system of Germany and New Zealand and then work on that to work out the details. What suits the two main parties and TNA on one hand, what suits all the minor parties other than JVP and what suits the JVP which contest on its own. It is difficult but not impossible. So we will work out the electoral system because that holds the key for the rest of the constitution making.

I think it’s going to be an extensive exercise as we move away from Dicey towards Kelson, and look at what we are going to formulate. In this I thought I’ll take up on a proposal made by Romesh De Silva to have this committee after the law conference, you all can then interact with the steering committee under constitutional changes and also some other measures we have taken to strengthen Parliament, because at the end of it, it was executive power strengthe-ned by emergency and then the 18th amendment which made it possible for such an aberration to arise. And therefore, we thought our view was that we must only do so by strengthening Parliament, strengthening accountability. So we brought in a Prime Minister’s question time, we brought in the oversight committees, in addition to the public accounts committee, and the committee on public enterprises, we’ll have the public finance committee and 16 other oversi-ght committees subject wise which is being shared among all parties among the back bench or the non-ministerial members who’ll head it.

Now this is one area in which I think you all can get involved because this is the way the public input can come into what the Parliament is going to do and the matters before Parliament and to have an oversight of the executive, the executive function without oversight as we have learnt is dangerous. So this is important.

We’re also bringing legislation to establish a Parliamentary Budget Office which is very im-portant but they can again function without having to depend on the treasury and I’ll tell you why, and the other necessary support institutions expanding the Parliamentary staff to support them we are taking over the agriculture ministry building and converting the J. R. Jayawardana Centre into a Parliamentary Research Centre.

Now we have thought of this because if you look at the oversight system, I’m just giving you one example of what is the havoc it has caused. As you know, you have one trillion rupees of money for which we are indebted without ever having gone through Parliament, not that I’m

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saying that the rest of it is good, at least it went through Par-liament though they did not disclose all the facts. But can you imagine one trillion rupees have been spent, not accounted for under the control of public finance. Now for instance look at the problem that we are going to face on the Sri Lankan Airways. We have purchased eight 300 Air bus 380. We are not flying that long. Our money is in the regional markets not in Europe and we can even fly further on. We don’t want to go there. Four of that have been manufactured; four are yet to be manufactured. Our commitment is over 200 billion ru-pees. We have to pay it, there is no other way and Sri Lankan Airways cannot earn that money, it won’t earn any of this, if they breakeven it’s a big thing. So someone else has to pay for it. Go home and look at yourself in the mirror and you know who’s paying for it. There is over 300 billion rupees to be paid on the hedging fund. The President and I and the rest of us are wondering how do we do this while keeping the economy going and create employment. We also have to find the money.

So this is, all that happened because there was no oversight or public control of, the control of public finance by the Parlia-ment. So therefore, don’t get angry if the taxman comes and worries you. We have to collect every cent we can from ever-yone who can afford to pay and not put the burden anymore on the common people because at the moment our indirect taxation to direct taxation ratio is 80 to 20. Direct taxation is 80, indirect is 20 when it should be 60 to 40. That’s how much we have come. It only shows what Lord Acton said is correct. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. You have only seen the tip of the iceberg. We have seen much fur-ther down and we don’t want that to happen again.

So it’s your duty, you fought for this, be with us, so that by the end of the year we can consolidate it, that we need not look

back as people who have lost confidence in the constitutional order but will have that confidence restored. Thank you.

THE BAR ASSOCIATION MONTHLY EVENT CALENDER

• May 18 – BASL Mini Auditorium: Constitutionalism & Reconciliation: Speakers –Howard Varney, South Africa & Cristian Correa, Chile

• May 19 – Training of BASL CEO on Strategic Planning & Administration by Barbara Oporstowsky – ABA Rule of Law Initiative

• May 20 – Handing over of Flood Relief items collected by BASL to Sri Lanka Air Force

• May 26 – Minister of Justice Court Inspection with BASL Office Bearers

• May 26 – BASL Mini Auditorium: A Discussion on ‘Hu-man Rights and Its Role in a Democracy’ with Judge Erick Mose – Former President at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

• May 26 – ECTA meeting with United Professionals’ Move-ment (UPM)

• May 27 – Meeting with Freedom House - USA

• May 27 – Meeting with Minister of Disaster Management

• May 27 – Law Asia Organising Committee Meeting

• May 28 - 3 rd Bar Council Meeting

• May 28 - Opening of Jaffna Labour Tribunal

• May 28 - Labour Law Symposium (Jaffna): Funded by UNDP

• May 30 – National Law Conference 2016 – Evaluation Meeting

• May 31 - Labour Law Symposium (Colombo): Funded by UNDP

• June 03 - Commencement of Effective Instructing Attor-neys (EIA) Certificate Course

• June 03 – ETCA Committee Meeting

• June 03 – BASL Mobile Bookshop – Kurunegala Bar

• June 03/04 – Anti Corruption Practicum – Hotel Galadari

• June 03/04 – Strengthening FR & Freedoms in the N/E Provinces of SL – European Union &BASL Project – Telli-ppalai

• June 05/06 – Freedom of Expression, Media Rights & Ri-ght to Information –European Union & BASL Project – Ba-tticloa

CALENDER FOR MAY AND JUNE

• June 06 – Ceremonial Sitting of Supreme Court to welcome Ms. Anusha Navaratne PC

• June 09 – BASL Auditorium: Public Forum on New Di-rections in Environmental Law:A review of the National Environmental Act

• June 09 – Meeting: Council of Legal Education,Meeting with Secretary Ministry of Justice. Re: Re-location of Com-mercial High Courts

• June 09-11 – 6 th LAWASIA Family Law & Children’s Rights Conference 2016, Hong Kong

• June 10 – BASL Mobile Bookshop – Kuliyapitiya Bar

• June 10/11 – Kuliyapitiya Sirimallee Earls Hotel - Oral Ad-vocacy, Negotiation Skills,Civil Law and Procedure: A pro-gramme for North-Western Province Bars

• June 10/11 – Freedom of Expression, Media Rights & Right to Information –European Union & BASL Project – Chenkalady

• June 11 – 4 th Executive Committee Meeting

• June 13 – Meeting: A Delegation of SAARCLAW Office Bearers with Hon. Chief Justice,Colombo National Forum on Access to Justice.

• June 16 – Ceremonial Sitting of Supreme Court to welco-me Mr. S. Thurairajah PC, Meeting with Hon. Minister of Mega Polise Mr. Champika Ranawaka, Re.Lawyers Office Complex issues of Hulftsdorp, Kalutara &Mahara

• June 22 – BASL Mobile Bookshop – Kalutara Bar,Meeting: Continuous Legal Education Guarantee Company

• June 25 – 4 th Bar Council Meeting

• June 28 - Anti-Corruption Public Forum at Hotel Galada-ri, Ceremonial Sitting of Supreme Court to Welcome Hon. Justice Prasanna Jayawardane PC

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BASL calls upon parliament to enact a code of ethics and standards in light of recent

events in parliament

There has been widespread publicity and reports of several of the peoples’ representatives or Members of Parliament being involved in a brawl and fisticuffs within the house itself resulting in injuries to some.

It is both disturbing and disappointing to note that persons said to be representatives of the peo-ple should indulge in such crude and uncivilized behavior, thereby desecrating and polluting the sacred precincts of the house, wherein the highest standards of conduct and decency are mandated in the interests of democracy and good governance. These representatives cannot be unmindful of the fact that by virtue of their public office held in trust for the people they are duty bound to conduct themselves in a manner befitting persons of high public office and be role models in their conduct before the people whether in parliament or outside.Whilst parliament does have its own procedures for regulating the conduct of its proceedings and its members and for which it is reported that steps have been taken, whether such be ade-quate or not it should be amply evident that parliament cannot be expected to countenance such unacceptable crass behavior as is reported from any of its members especially when society has demanded and been assured of good governance.

It is worth noting that this is not the first occasion on which the public is compelled to, as it were, helplessly observe or be informed of such behavior within the house.

THE STATEMENT ISSUED BY MR. GEOFFREY ALAGARATNAM PC, THE PRESIDENT OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKA

Being answerable to the people, especially in light of the fact that members of Parliament are representatives of the people who are funded by the people, the people are entitled to demand that all errant persons be appropriately dealt with and, although a resignation can only be wi-thin the realm of dreams (barring of course a recent exception), and be called upon to, at the least, apologise to the nation, as it shames all right thinking people and without doubt brings our nation into ridiculeThe Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) also calls upon parliament to swiftly enact a code of ethics and standards for its members which is monitored by an independent body so that where there is violation by any member, such must be visited with strict sanctions which should ex-tend to expulsion in appropriate circumstances. BASL is however mindful that that the best of laws and codes will be ineffective unless persons of undoubted civility and integrity are elected to parliament and such is the responcibility of the people.

Geoffrey Alagaratnam, PC President,Bar Association of Sri Lanka 6th May 2016

STATEMENT OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKA ON THE CONCERN OF THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PEOPLES’REPRESENTATIVES WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF PARLIAMENT

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From the secretary’s deskBASL FLOOD RELIEF PROGRAMME: BASL wishes to convey its gratitude to the members who contributed food items at its request. Some of the goods received were distributed to flood victims by BASL itself while the rest were handed over to the Sri Lanka Air Force for distri-bution. Goods collected and sent to Colombo by the Matara Bar were also given to the SL Air Force. BASL appreciates the efforts of its outstation branches at this difficult moment.

LEGAL AID TO FLOOD VICTIMS: President and the Secretary of BASL with some other Office Bearers and the Chairman of the Legal Aid Commission met the Minister of Disaster Management Hon. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa on 27th May 2016 to discuss the ways of pro-viding free legal advice for people in affected areas. Volunteers who wish to participate in this project are welcome to send their names and contact details to the BASL Secretariat. Meanwhi-le, BASL together with the Legal Aid Commission will also assist people affected by floods.

LAWYERS AFFECTED BY FLOODS: BASL is in the process of collecting details of lawyers who are affected by recent floods and landslides in order to offer appropriate assistance. It is estimated that around 40-50 lawyers are so affected, and the members are hereby requested to send their details to the BASL Secretariat.

COMMERCIAL HIGH COURTS - back to original location: Steps are being taken to relocate the Commercial High Courts to where it was originally situated. Hon. Minister of Justice Wi-jayadasa Rajapakshe visited the court houses in Hulftsdorp on 26th May 2016 accompanied by the Secretary and other senior officers of MOJ. The Secretary BASL - together with the Treasurer and Asst. Secretary and some senior members of the Bar, assisted in this inspection. BASL has continuously pointed out the hardships faced by both the litigants and lawyers due to the present Location of the Commercial High Courts.

ALMS GIVING: The staff of the Commercial High Courts organised a dane for 56 Bhikkhus for Late Mr. Amendra Seneviratne, Hon. Judge of Commercial High Court Colombo, on 14th May 2016 at the Court premises. Judges, lawyers, CHC staff and their family members atten-ded this event.

A DISCUSSION on Human Rights and it’s role in a Democracy With the participation of Jud-ge Erick Mose (Judge of the European Court of Human Rights &Former President of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda). This discussion was held by the courtesy of the TLO on 26th May 2016 at BASL.

11th LAWASIA International Moot Court Competition: LAWASIA Organising committee in-vites Universities and Law Schools to participate in this Competition.

A LABOUR TRIBUNAL FOR JAFFNA - AFTER 30 YEARS : Newly built Jaffna LT was recently declared open by the Hon. Minister of Justice. As a Sequel to this opening BASL will conduct a series of lectures on Labour Law for Lawyers and Law students in the Jaffna area.

ETCA Agreement: Secretary BASL Mr. Amal Randeniya and Mr. Sunil abeyratne - Chairman ETCA Committee met the members of United Professionals Movement (UPM) on 26th May at OPA to discuss the role of the BASL in this issue and the prevailing situation of ETCA Agree-ment.

MINISTER OF JUSTICE’S VISIT TO THE COLOMBO COURT PREMISES-Hon.Wijaya-dasa Rajapakshe PC. visited the Colombo Court premises recently to observe the current state of the ourt premises and the need for improovements to be done to the same.

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A TOP 10 LIST OF DO’S AND DONT’S

TOP 10 tips TO HELP YOU BECOME A BETTER

lAWYER1

Be neat and clean in appearance and dress and follow the dress code.

2Avoid using the cloak except in High Courts and Superior Courts as it contravenes the dress code.

3When entering and leaving court, do so with dignity and grace.

4Its good to gently bow when entering and leaving court as a sign of respect for the court and the office of the judge even if you personally do not like the individual judge. Disrespect to the court or office affects the system and us and will result in the public loosing respect and confi-dence in the court. There are more dignified ways to handle an errant judge.

5Speak loud and clear from the bar table and do not go up to the bench to address the Ju-dge or to the Mudliyar’s table which is disorderly. Avoid talking to clients in court un-less in rare situations with permission of the Judge when court seeks clarification or a se-ttlement is pursued. Do not pull files from the Mudliyar’s table. Seek the permission of the Judge if you need to peruse a file and do so without disturbing the Judge or court.

6Speaking loudly does not mean shouting or adopting ugly or unpleasant sounds. Learn voi-ce control. Maybe, record your speech and see whether you yourself are embarrassed by the sounds you make.

7While in court act responsibly so as not to disturb the proceedings. Do not indulge in loud or unnecessary talk or disturb by dragging chairs or tables etc.

8Never turn your back or rear to the judge though your back may be more pleasant than your front!!! Face the court or walk sideways when leaving and entering the court. Often Attorneys turn their back to the judge and bend over to the bar table to write on their diaries or files !! Apart from being undignified this may tempt the judge to at least make some comment!!!

9Be considerate in court. Offer the front row seats to senior lawyers or especially to lawyers when their cases are being taken up. Do not remain stuck to the front row seats through the whole court session !

10When the judge has finished the cases for the day make sure at least one or a few lawyers re-main in court till the judge leaves. Do not leave the bar tables empty if the judge is still in court. This is not for mere respect or courtesy but more because lawyers or attorneys are also officers of court and an essential part of court and there can be no court without the presence of lawyers.

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BAR ASSOCIATION The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) is the first international agree-ment that legally binds State Parties to fight corruption. The convention encompasses a com-prehensive catalog of methods to prevent and combat corruption, including prevention, crimi-nalization, law enforcement, international cooperation, asset recovery, and technical assistance. In June 2015, the Implementation Review for Sri Lanka was concluded. The UNCAC Imple-mentation Review provides an outline of what measures to address corruption are working, what needs to be re-assessed, and what new or amended actions are needed. The Implemen-tation Review also offers a unique opportunity to bring together the range of actors addressing corruption for a joint dialogue around the recommendations contained in the Review. The Go-vernment of Sri Lanka has prioritized supporting measures to prevent and combat corruption. Through this commitment, the Government of Sri Lanka has undertaken a gap analysis, based in part on the Review, and is well positioned to adopt new measures and adapt existing measu-res and institutions to be more effective.

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OFFICIAL VACTION DAYS FOR 2017

DETERMINATION UNDER RULE 62(1) AND (2) OF THE SUPREME COURT RULES 1978 (SUSPENSION OF SIT-TINGS OF COURT)

I hereby determine that:

1 The date for the commencement of the first period of sus-pension of sittings of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the Courts of First Instance in the year 2017 will be on Tuesday the 11th April 2017.

The ordinary sittings of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal will be resumed on Tuesday the 02nd May 2017.

The ordinary sittings of the High Courts will be resumed on Wednesday the 26th April 2017.

The ordinary sittings of the other Courts of First Instance will be resumed on Monday the 24th April 2017.

2 The date for the commencement of the second period of suspension of sittings of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the Courts of First Instance in the year 2017 will be on Monday the 14th August 2017.

The ordinary sittings of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal will be Resumed on Monday the 28th August 2017.

The ordinary sittings of the High Courts will be resumed on Wednesday the 23rd August 2017.

The ordinary sittings of the other Courts of First Instance will be resumed on Monday the 21st August 2017.

3 The date for the commencement of the third period of suspension of sittings of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the Court of First Instance in the year 2017 will be on Monday the 18th December 2017.

The ordinary sittings of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal will be resumed on Monday the 08th January 2018.The ordinary sittings of the High Courts will be resumed on Wednesday the 03rd January 2018.

The ordinary sittings of the other Courts of First Instance will be resumed on Monday the 01st January 2018

In the event of Poya day falls on 08lh January 2018 the ordi-nary sittings of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal will be resumed on Tuesday the 09th January 2018.

Sgd/ K. Sripavan CHIEF JUSTICE8th June 2016

was held.

On Day One the program was designed to help define concre-te measures to enhance and advance anti-corruption efforts by engaging key stakeholders among the government and civil society members. On Day Two, civil society participants dis-cussed the priorities of the government and how civil society can support and engage on those priorities. The Dialogue was an important opportunity to:

- Review findings of the UNCAC Implementation Review of Sri Lanka, and the Government of Sri Lanka’s priorities for responding to the Review

- Learn about and discuss the anti-corruption strategies an-nounced since the review, including the Seven Steps to Zero Tolerance and the strengthening of national integrity institu-tions and working relationships

- Outline concrete, practical measures to address priorities and current status

- Identify opportunities and requests for technical assis-tance and/or other resources

- Enhance strategic partnerships and alliance between go-vernments, the public and civil society organisations commi-tted to preventing and combatting corruption, and promoting international cooperation.


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DIPLOMA IN FORENSIC MEDICINE

Conducted by the Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya

Applications are hereby invited for the “Diploma in Forensic Medicine” course approved by the University of Peradeniya.

Duration - 01 year (conducted on Saturdays)

For whom- For Lawyers (Attorney-at-Law or LLB) & Judges

Aim - To provide essential knowledge skills and attitudes in Forensic Medicine for Lawyers & Judges so that they will be able to apply acquired Forensic Medical knowledge to solve legal issues effectively.

Medium - English

Course fee - Rs. 35,000.00 - (as a single payment) or Rs. 40,000.00 – (in two instalments)

The course will be started soon

Application forms can be collected from the Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya or from our web site(http://www.pdn.ac.lk/med/departments/forensic/index.html)

Please submit your application on or before 31th August 2016

For more details, please contact:

Department of Forensic MedicineFaculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya

Contact No: 081-2388083 or 081-2396600


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UNREPORTED JUDGEMENT


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WE WELCOME BRANCH NEWSThe BASL e News team request the Branches and Outstation Bars to send news of their events to

be published in BASL e News. The reports should bevery brief and be sent only by the President/

Secretary of the respective branch. Relevant photographs also could be included. The material

should be e mailed to be received by the Secretary BASL on or before the 20th of each month.

pLEASE SEND ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO- [email protected] E-News Team

AN INVITATION FROM THE SRI LANKA LAWYERS’

CRICKET CLUB

All members who have played for school / club / mercantile or university are welcome to take part in the following tournaments-

• The Lawyers’ Cricket World Cup in 2017

• The Inter Provincial T20 Tournament

• The Professional League T20 Tournament

• The Division 3 Tournament

• Law – Medical Match

Practices will commence from July 2016For more information contact :

Tharanga 0777224355Buwaneka 0772539049

email : [email protected]

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