Relevance of West London Uni's LLM
by Dr. Dayanath JAYASURIYA, President's Counsel
Recently ANC launched its School of Postgraduate Education. This was
on the eve of its tenth year of existence as one of the country's
leading providers of private eduction. The Vice Chancellor of the
University of West London and the head of the Ealing Law School were
here to enter into a partnership with ANC to commence the Master of laws
and the Master of Business administration programs. It was over one
hundred and fifty years ago, that the Introduction of Law of England
Ordinance No. 5 of 1852 (commonly known as the Civil Law Ordinance) was
enacted, introducing English law as the law applicable to most
commercial matters.
Two well-known commentators on South African law (Hahlo and Khan)
have expressed in graphic terms the introduction of English law into
South Africa and their observations apply to Sri Lanka as well."Some
English institutions marched into our law openly along the highway of
legislative enactment, to the sound of brass bands of Royal Commissions
and public discussion. Others slipped into it quietly and unobtrusively
alongside roads and by paths." Justice Tambiah in Silva v. Johanis
Appuhamy 67 NLR 457 cited the above passage with approval and said: "The
English Law governing certain topics on Mercantile Law was bodily
introduced into Ceylon by statute law.
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