Brown & Co., Ltd. v. G.S.Fernando – sllr 1986 volume 2 page 177

In the case between Brown & Co., Ltd (engineering firm) and G. S. Fernando, the court addressed whether a series of detailed written estimates, accepted via correspondence and forming the basis of work performed, constituted a written contract subject to the six‐year prescription period under section 6 of the Prescription Ordinance, or whether the action prescribed within one year under section 8 as a claim for goods supplied and work and labour done. It was held that the dealings amounted to a comprehensive written contract, bringing the matter within section 6, thereby entitling the claimant to the longer prescription period. The decision reaffirmed that a contract fully recorded in writing and setting out all material terms falls within section 6 of the Prescription Ordinance, even if t