Practice Areas
Civil Litigation & Suits
Suits for declaration, injunction, specific performance, partition and recovery — drafted, filed and argued through to decree and execution.
What this covers
- Declaration and permanent injunction suits
- Specific performance of agreements
- Partition and mesne profits
- Money recovery and summary suits
- Temporary injunction and interim relief
- Execution and objection proceedings
Civil litigation rewards preparation more than argument. A suit that is correctly valued, filed in the right forum, within limitation, and supported by documents that have been arranged in the order the court will read them, moves; one that is not spends years on preliminary issues.
Before filing
We spend time on the pre-litigation stage — verifying title and chain documents, checking the limitation position, assessing whether a statutory notice is required, and reading the opposite party's likely defence into the plaint so that it is answered before it is raised. In matters where a negotiated settlement is realistic, we say so, because a decree that takes six years is rarely better than a settlement that takes six weeks.
Interim relief
In most civil disputes the practical outcome is decided at the interim stage. Applications for interim relief are built on contemporaneous documents rather than on assertions, because that is what an interim hearing actually turns on.
Through to execution
A decree is only as useful as its execution. We take matters through execution proceedings, attachment, and objections at the execution stage, which is frequently where the real contest happens.
Speak to an advocate
Not sure whether you have a case?
Send us a short description of the matter. We will tell you what the position appears to be and what the next step would cost — before you commit to anything.