Wickramasinghe v. Sri Lanka State Trading (Consolidated Exports) Corporation – sllr 1994 volume 3 page 041

In the case between the Applicant-Appellant (the former employee) and Sri Lanka State Trading (Consolidated Exports) Corporation (successor to Consolidated Exports (Ceylon) Ltd.), the court addressed whether liabilities in a pending Labour Tribunal application could be maintained against a corporate successor following the conversion of the company. The court determined that substitution of the Corporation for the Company was valid, provided that liabilities devolved and no disputed facts were present, especially where such substitution was effected by invitation or consent. The reasoning reaffirmed the principle that proceedings may continue against a successor in title under these circumstances. This decision relied upon prior precedents and statutory interpretation, emphasizing that err