Lameer v. Senarathna – sllr 1995 volume 2 page 013

In the case between LAMEER (plaintiff) and SENARATHNA (defendant), the court addressed the issue of whether a settlement agreement concerning the sale of property could be set aside on the grounds of alleged attorney misconduct, duress, coercion, laesio enormis, and uncertainty of the settlement terms. It was held that the application to set aside the settlement was not supported by sufficient evidence and was brought after undue delay, failing to comply with procedural requirements. The principle reaffirmed was that a party who voluntarily enters into a settlement, with full awareness of the relevant circumstances and benefits having already accrued, cannot later seek to set it aside on unsupported grounds. This decision relied on established precedents such as Babun Appu v. Simon Appu an