Ceylease Financial Services Limited vs Palamuni Thissa Nihal De Silva – CA PHC NO. 187/07-2013

The case between Ceylease Financial Services Limited and Palamuni Thissa Nihal De Silva (with substituted successors — l.a. Hettihandi Kaluhewa Yamuna Mendis Rajapkse De Silva, l.b. Palamuni Viraji S. De Silva, l.c. Niragi Pavitra De Silva) addressed the withdrawal of an appeal by the substituted appellants concerning financial arrangements and settlement terms. The court determined that the appeal was to be dismissed, with explicit reservation of the parties’ rights to have pre-agreed settlement terms (items No. 1 to No. 6, dated 04.09.2013) entered as part of the record in the Commercial High Court. The holding reaffirmed the principle that withdrawal of appeal may be granted without prejudice to the formal recordal of independent settlement arrangements, preserving access to agreed set