Wijesundara Mudiyanselage Naveen Nayantha Bandara Wijesundara vs. Registrar General of Companies and others – SC FR 13/2019-2022

In the case between Wijesundara Mudiyanselage Naveen Nayantha Bandara Wijesundara (Plaintiff) and the Registrar General of Companies, Baqian Law Group Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, and office bearers of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (Defendants), the court addressed the legality of incorporating a limited liability company to provide legal professional services in Sri Lanka. It was determined that such incorporation is unlawful under the legal framework regulating the legal profession, as only natural persons duly admitted as Attorneys-at-Law may deliver legal services. The court reaffirmed the principle that legal practice is a personal profession subject to statutory regulation, precluding corporate entities from practicing law. Reliance was placed on the Constitution, the Judicature Act, and Supr