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Case law: online resources for common law countries: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)

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

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

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