Sri Lanka, Aug. 10 -- 25 leading companies took the "Corporate Mediation Pledge" last week under a groundbreaking initiative of the International ADR Centre, boosting the alternate resolution mechanism in the country.

The pledge to consider mediation as their preferred method of resolving disputes was made at a ceremony at the Port City Colombo, which reflected a growing movement away from the traditional adversarial nature of litigation and towards a more collaborative approach to resolving commercial disputes.

This shift comes following the introduction of the Mediation (Civil and Commercial Disputes) Act No. 13 of 2026, which came into operation in June 2026. The legislation represents an important development in Sri Lanka's legal sy...