Ongoing Collaborative Project with Professor GL Peiris

The academic staff of the Department of Private & Comparative Law is currently engaged in a collaborative project with Prof. GL Peiris to assist in the preparation of revised editions of his previously published legal texts. As part of this initiative, Ms. Buddhika Munasinghe, Ms. Tavini Nanayakkara, and Ms. Udani Imesha are working on updating his book ‘The Law of Property in Sri Lanka – Volume I’. Further, Mr. Kamal Ahamed and Ms. Prineetha Bandaranayake are contributing to the revision of his book on ‘Law of Evidence in Sri Lanka’. Their work involves incorporating recent legal developments and landmark judicial decisions into the revised editions, with a view to ensuring that the texts remain up to date. The revised books are expected to be published in the near future.

Staff Research

March 2026

  • Tavini Nanayakkara has published a book chapter titled “Future-Proofing the Freedom of Expression Online” in Nicole Koblenz, Nicholas Otto and Gernot Sydow (eds), Future-Proofing in Public Law: European, International, and Comparative Perspectives (NOMOS, 2024), p. 119.
  • Tavini Nanayakkara has co-authored a book chapter titled “The Diffusion of the Public Trust Doctrine in South Asia: Environmental Constitutionalism or Beyond?” with Prof. Dinesha Samararathna in Peter Lindseth et al. (eds), Comparative Administrative Law: New Voices, New Perspectives (3rd ed, Edward Elgar, 2024).

February 2026

  • Shermila Anthony’s abstract and full paper titled “Formalising Labour and the Differential Treatment of Tea Plantation Workers in Sri Lanka: A Colonial Legacy or Political Apathy?” has been accepted for presentation at the Labour Law Conference 2026, organized by Lloyd Law School, India.

January 2026

  • V.K. Ahamed has published a case analysis titled “Expanding the Aquilian Action from Patrimonial Loss to Psychological Trauma: An Analysis of Karunanayake and Others v. Mannapperuma” in the Sri Lanka Journal of Legal Studies, Volume 3, Issue 1 (December 2025).
  • V.K. Ahamed has published a compilation of selected Supreme Court judgments delivered in 2025 in the Voice of Justice Journal 2025, published by the High Court Judges’ Association of Sri Lanka, following an invitation extended by the Association.

December 2025

  • V.K. Ahamed has published an article titled “The Principle of Constitutional Tort in Light of Article 126 of the Constitution: A Voyage from Saman v Leeladasa to the Easter Sunday Tragedy Case” in the Peradeniya Law Journal, Volume 1 (2025), pp. 74–95.
  • V.K. Ahamed has published an article titled “Ensuring Justice in Contempt Proceedings: A Plea for Remedies against Supreme Court Verdicts in Sri Lanka” in the Sri Lanka Journal of International Law, Volume 30, Issue 2 (2024), pp. 177–201.
  • V.K. Ahamed has published an article titled “Ensuring Redress for Victims of Miscarriages of Justice: The Sri Lankan Context” in the Colombo Law Review, Volume 16, Issue 2 (2024).
  • Shermila Anthony’s paper titled “Gender Stereotyping Maternity Protection Laws: Reconciling Work-Family Conflict and Women’s Labour Force Participation” has been accepted for publication with revisions in the Asian Law Journal, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore.
  • Shermila Anthony has presented a paper titled “Gender Stereotyping Maternity Protection Laws: Reconciling Work-Family Conflict and Women’s Labour Force Participation” at the Public Law Conference, organized by the Centre for Asian Legal Studies, National University of Singapore and Jindal Global Law School, India, in 2024.

November 2025

  • G.I.D.I. Udani has published an article titled “The Evolution of CEDAW Jurisprudence Through the Communication Procedure: A Review of Rosanna Flamer-Caldera v. Sri Lanka (2022)” in the International Journal of Law Management & Humanities, Volume 8, Issue 4 (2025), pp. 1427–1434.
  • Tavini Nanayakkara has contributed an article titled “Potential Impact of the Personal Data Protection Act of Sri Lanka on Small and Medium Enterprises and Possible Solutions” to the Law Journal of the Law Students’ Union of Sri Lanka 2024–2025, following an invitation extended by the editors.
  • Sathiyaseelan Janani has presented a research study titled “Towards an International Labour Regime: The Changing Nature of Labour Prescriptive in the Era of Transnational Algorithmic Management of Work” at the Global Convergence on Multidisciplinary Perspective on Law and Contemporary Challenges, jointly organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo; Kerala Law Academy; Centre for Advanced Legal Studies and Research (India); and Global Research Conference Forum (India) in September 2025.

July 2025

  • Prineetha Bandaranayake has published an article titled “Evolving Property Rights: The Impact of Land Reform and Apartment Ownership Laws on Roman Dutch Law Principles in Sri Lanka,” under the supervision of Emeritus Prof. Sharya Scharenguivel, following an invitation extended by the editors of the BASL Law Journal 2025, as part of the special issue marking the 50th anniversary of the BASL.
  • Udani Wijayarathna has received the Best Presenter Award at the National Symposium on Tobacco and Alcohol Prevention, organized by the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA), Ministry of Health, for her paper titled “The Right to Health of the Child and Exposure to Tobacco and Alcohol: A Legal Analysis under Sri Lankan and International Law.”

April 2025

  • Prof. A. Sarveswaran has published an article titled, “A Reflection on the Termination of Employment of Workmen (Special Provisions) Act in the Light of Different Types of Termination of Employment” in KDU Law Journal, Volume 05, Issue 01, March 2025.
  • Ms. Tavini Nanayakkara has contributed an article entitled “Sitting on a goldmine: A critical analysis of the role of the actio injuriarum under the Roman Dutch law in safeguarding personal data privacy of data subjects in Sri Lanka” further to an invitation extended by the editors of the BASL Law Journal of 2025. This was as a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the BASL.
  • Ms. Tavini Nanayakkara has co-authored a blog entitled “The diffusion of the Public Trust Doctrine in South Asia: Environmental Constitutionalism or Beyond?” with Prof. Dinesha Samararatne published in adminlawblogorg.

March 2025

  • Prof. (Chair) Rose Wijeyesekare has published an article titled ‘Executive Pardon in the Sri Lankan Constitution: An Analysis through Sovereignty of the Executive and Morality of Law’ in Volume XI of the Judicial Services Association Law Journal, 2024.

August 2024

  • Prof. A. Sarveswaran Presentation on “A Reflection on the Legal Regime Governing Elder’s Rights in Sri Lanka” in a Symposium jointly organized by the Department of Social Services (Northern Province) in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna on 15-10-2024.

June 2024

  • Ms. Tavini Nanayakkara has published a paper in the University of Colombo Review – June 2024, on ‘Analysis of privacy policies in Sri Lanka’.
  • Ms. Tavini Nanayakkara’s abstract on ‘Future-proofing expression in the online sphere’ has been selected for presentation at the Munster Conference in Germany in September 2024.

March 2024

  • Ms. Tavani Nanayakkara has been selected to present two papers on ‘Diffusion of privacy laws in South Asia,’ conducted by the Oxford Programme of Asian Laws to be held at the National University of Singapore in August 2024.
  • Ms. G.I.D.I Udani has been selected to present a paper at the international conference on “Women and Worlds of Learning: From the Medieval to the Modern Day” which will be held on April 13th and 14th, 2024, in Oxford. The conference is organized by the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and the University of London.