Civil disputes in Pakistan's courts are a test of preparation and patience. A recovery suit can take years to reach a final decree. A suit for specific performance of a property sale agreement will be contested at every stage by a defendant whose interests align with delay. An injunction application needs to be argued within days of filing, on a factual and legal foundation that took weeks to build. None of this is manageable without a lawyer who has lived through the process — who knows when a written statement contains a fatal admission, when an interlocutory order needs to be challenged immediately, and when a settlement is worth more than the best possible judgment.
The chambers' civil litigation practice is led by a senior associate who has handled hundreds of civil trials across district courts and the Lahore High Court. When a civil dispute raises a constitutional dimension — a property right that the state has infringed, a contractual obligation imposed by a public authority — the matter is escalated to Junaid Jabbar Khan's direct involvement, drawing on the chambers' constitutional litigation strength.
What We Handle
- Recovery of money, damages, and mesne profits
- Suits for specific performance of contracts
- Declaratory suits and permanent injunctions
- Partition suits and pre-emption (see also Property Law)
- Title and possession disputes
- Breach of contract and tort claims
- Execution proceedings — enforcing decrees against resistant defendants
- Arbitration — both institutional and ad-hoc, and enforcement of arbitral awards
- Mediation and negotiated settlement
Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Not every dispute needs to go to court. Arbitration and mediation can resolve commercial disputes faster, more privately, and at lower cost — if the right legal support is in place to draft the clause, manage the process, and enforce the outcome. The chambers advises on dispute resolution clauses in commercial contracts (see Corporate & Commercial Law), manages arbitral proceedings, and handles enforcement of foreign and domestic arbitral awards in Pakistani courts.
To discuss a civil dispute, book a consultation or review our full list of practice areas.