Named after the Dutch General Hulft, who was shot by Portuguese in 1656— the place where the gruesome murder took place was named Hulft’s Dorp, [dorp means village in Dutch] and it soon became Hulftsdorp, Sri Lanka’s legal hub. While the lawyers always upheld the decorum and dignity of the profession, the Government service medical profession in the past deviated and was busy with press briefings on ‘struggles’, most instances on issues that did not affect them or the society at large, but serving political interests of some members who were affiliated to Parties. However, they have amended their ways since then.
Archival records related to Hulftsdorp tracing the history on lawyers’ attitudes, collective agitations on certain issues that directly affected their professional career revealed an instance where of Lawyers threatened to ‘down-tools’ 62 years ago in 1958. They opposed Justice Minister M. W. H. de Silva in the Bandaranaike government, opposing his suggestion to introduce an enactment aimed at messing up their freedom in charging fees from clients. The Minister termed it as irrational and arbitrary. [M. W. H. de Silva was a grand-uncle of Harsha deSilva, former Minster]. The Bar Council met and decided to launch trade union action, and passed a resolution condemning the idea.
The Minister wanted to categorize the lawyers as and regulate the levying of fees. Before Administration of Justice Law was enacted, they were called proctors and advocates, [commonwealth states Barristers and Solicitors] since 1973 all became Attorneys-at-Law.
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