Supreme Court order against Chinese law firm

COLOMbO: The Supreme Court has ruled hat Baqian Law Group Lanka Pvt. Ltd, a Chinese law firm is not entitled in law to engage in any legal professional work within Sri Lanka.

Attorney-at-law Nayantha Wijesundara had filed this fundamental rights petition challenging the decision of the Registrar General of Companies to incorporate a limited liability company, which purports to provide legal services in Sri Lanka.

The Supreme Court also held that hold that the Registrar General of Companies has acted in violation of the law of the country when he had incorporated Baqian Law Group as a limited liability company under the Companies Act No. 07 of 2007 as its primary objective is illegal.