According to the website of the Faculty of Law Colombo University "Though in the lower court proceedings are conducted mainly in Sinhala or Tamil, the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal function entirely in English." https://law.cmb.ac.lk/academic/ll-b-degree/role-english-learning-law/#1490353222925-f5bb4add-c761 accessed July 2025
Alternative name: Manupatra - Indian Law and Business
Indian legal and business information.
Please use one username and password set from the options. If it does not work please try the other. Each allows single user access only - so please remember to log off properly when you have finished your session in Manupatra.
Remote access requires Oxford SSO. Possible source for those interested in 19th and early 20th century case law
Includes scans of volumes from
1833, Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court
1843-, Reports of Important Cases for the Supreme Court of Ceylon
1859, Appeal Reports: Supreme Court from the District of Kanby
1859, Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court
1878-, Supreme Court Circular
1882-, Wendt's Supreme Court Reports
1890-, Ceylon Law Reports
1892, Perera's Decisions of the Supreme Court on Points of Kandyan Law
1896-, New Law Reports, Supreme Court of Ceylon
1901, Browne's Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court and Other Courts of Ceylon
1906-, Reports of Cases, Vice Admiralty
1907-, Appeal Court Reports
1909, Current Law Reports of Ceylon
1911, Matara Cases, Unpublished Cases
1914-23, Digest of Ceylon cases reported during the years 1820-1922 4v
1936/40-, Digest of Ceylon cases
Alternative names: LLMC Digital ; LLMC-digital ; Law Library Microfilm Consortium’s Online Service
A collection of English language legal titles and government documents divided into ten major jurisdictional or subject areas: US Federal Government; US States and Territories; Canada; United Kingdom; Germany federal; Germany state, kingdoms and free cities; Other Countries (Afghanistan to Zimbabwe); International Law and Organizations; Indigenous Law covering materials from various regions of the United States, Canada and Indonesia; and Special Focus Collections which includes British Empire Studies, Canon Law, Islamic Law, Military Law, Native American Collection, Roman law, etc.
Open access. Includes decisions of the Supreme Court & Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka "from 1878-1978 as reported in New Law Reports (NLRs) and from 1978-2010 as reported in Sri Lanka Law Reports (SLRs)." Decisions from 2009 are based on data directly obtained from the official court websites.
The Law Library's physical holdings of Sri Lanka law reports are on Level 1 (one floor below the entrance level) accessible via both stairs and a lift.
New Law Reports v.1(1896)-v.72:pt.15(1969), v.72:pt.17(1969)-v.79(2):pt.19/21(1981)
NB The Ceylon law weekly - the Consolidated digest of vols. 1-50(1931/1954)and the issues for v.6(1937)-v.81:pt.10/11/12(1971/1972) are on the Ground Floor at Cw Ceylon 300 C30
