Civil Litigation
Preparation-led advocacy in commercial, contractual and property disputes, at trial and on appeal.
Detailed overview
Litigation rewards preparation. We build the evidentiary record early — documents, witnesses, expert input — so that by the time a matter is listed, our position is the settled one and the other side is still assembling theirs.
That same preparation is what makes early resolution possible. A well-documented claim is a claim the opponent can price, and a large share of our disputes resolve on terms before trial because the alternative has been made clearly unattractive.
When a matter does go the distance, clients get candid forecasting throughout: what the claim is worth, what it will cost to pursue, and the point at which continuing stops being rational.
- Breach of contract and commercial damages claims
- Shareholder, partnership and joint-venture disputes
- Property, title, tenancy and possession proceedings
- Debt recovery, enforcement and execution
- Injunctions, interim relief and asset preservation
- Professional negligence claims
- Appeals and revision proceedings
- Enforcement of domestic and foreign judgments
Why you might need this service.
If one of these describes your situation, a short conversation will establish whether there is a matter worth pursuing.
A counterparty has breached an agreement and informal recovery has stalled.
You need urgent interim relief to stop assets moving or a right being destroyed.
You have been served with proceedings and need the claim assessed properly before you respond.
A judgment in your favour has not been honoured and needs enforcing.
The attorneys handling civil litigation.
Breaking a shareholder deadlock in a family manufacturing group
- The challenge
- The shareholders' agreement contained no deadlock mechanism and no valuation formula. Both sides wanted to buy, neither wanted to sell, and the relationship had deteriorated to the point where they were not in the same room.
- The outcome
- The sealed-bid process was agreed six weeks after filing and completed within three months. One branch acquired the other's holding at a price set by their own bid. The operating business resumed capital investment the same quarter.
Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future matter. Every case turns on its own facts and applicable law.
“Daniyal took over a case another firm had run for two years. Within a month we had a document schedule that actually made sense, and within four we had a settlement well above what we had been told to expect. The difference was preparation, not theatrics.”
Before you make contact.
Submit the consultation form on this site, call the office, or email our intake address. We aim to acknowledge every enquiry within one business day and to offer an appointment within three. Where a matter is time-critical — an arrest, an injunction, a deadline that expires this week — say so in your first message and we will treat it accordingly.
A named partner or senior associate is responsible for every file and remains your point of contact throughout. Work is delegated within the team where it is efficient to do so — document review does not need partner time — but supervision does not move, and you will always know who is accountable.
Depending on the matter: hourly at the rate of the lawyer doing the work, a fixed fee for defined scopes such as documentation or a licence application, or a retainer for continuing advisory work. Whichever applies, you receive a written engagement letter setting out the basis, the rate and the estimate before any chargeable work begins.
Yes, directly, and at the first opportunity. A candid assessment early is worth considerably more than an encouraging one that changes eight months and a large invoice later. Where a case is weak we will explain why, and whether anything can be done to strengthen it.
Speak to the civil litigation team.
Describe what has happened in a few sentences. We will tell you whether it is a matter we should take, what it would involve, and what it would cost.
- Direct line
- +1 (212) 555-0142
- Response time
- Every enquiry acknowledged within one business day.