Law

DR. ASANGA GUNAWANSA

Law Session Chair

Dr. Asanga Gunawansa is an active lawyer who has more than 30 years of experience as a legal practitioner. He currently heads Colombo Law Alliance, a law Chamber in Sri Lanka specializing in Foreign Investment Law, Arbitration, Construction Law, Commercial Law, Environmental Law and legal aspects of Sustainable Development. He holds a PhD in Law from NUS while his LLM in International Economic Law was from University of Warwick. He was a Professor at NUS, Singapore and a Research Associate of the Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS. He had also functioned as a Legal Counsel for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Geneva and the United Nations Compensation Commission in the Middle East.

Law Recording

Paper ID	Paper Title	Author(s)
L1	Manufacturer V. Consumer: A Critical Analysis of Sri Lankan Product Liability Law in Respect of Electronic and Electrical Products	Segarajasingham, S
L2	Academic Research and Technology Transfer from University to Industry: Prospects, Challenges and the Way Forward for Sri Lanka	Nishantha Sampath
L3	Regulating Responsible Business Practices for Human-Centered SDS: An Analysis of Recent Developments of International Investment Legal Framework of Developing Countries	Dawood, Shamila
L4	Denial of Justice Claims under the Fair and Equitable Standard: Scope and Limitations	Thushanthiga Kumarasoorier
L5	Online Dispute Resolution (ODR): As an Instrumental Approach for the Settlement of E-Commerce Disputes in Sri Lanka	Soorya, Balendra
L6	Specific Offence of Cyber-Sextortion for Sri Lanka	Harasgama, K. & M.A.P.M.Munasinghe
L7	The Covid-19 and Public Law of Sri Lanka	Selvakkumaran, N
L8	Protecting Human Rights in Pandemic Situations: An Analysis of International Legal Responses in the Context of ‘Covid 19’ Outbreak	Seneviratne, S.S.M.W.
L9	Victim-Friendliness of the Personal Injury Law in Sri Lanka: A Critical Analysis	Liyanage, D.S.E.U.S.
L10	Contractarian Approach in Protecting Trade Secrets in An Employment Context	Sumanadasa, Darshana
L11	Compromising Health to Gain Wealth: A Legal Response to Adverse Health Effects of Night Work	Puwanitha, Selvaraj