Litigation & Drafting
Property Dispute Lawyer
When a property dispute has already started, the questions change: what relief is available, how quickly the position can be frozen, and whether the matter is better settled than fought to a decree.
The ground
What you are actually dealing with
What kind of suit, and what it gets you?
A declaration establishes title. A suit for possession recovers the property. A partition suit divides jointly held property into shares. Specific performance compels a seller to complete a sale they have refused to honour. A permanent injunction restrains interference. Each carries its own limitation period and its own court fee, and choosing wrongly can cost the relief entirely.
Interim orders decide more than judgments
Whoever holds possession while a suit runs holds a considerable advantage, and suits run for years. A temporary injunction, an order of status quo, or an appointment of a receiver at the outset usually shapes the practical outcome far more than the eventual decree. That is why the first weeks of a property dispute matter disproportionately.
Limitation is unforgiving here
A suit for possession on title runs twelve years from dispossession; specific performance, three years from the date fixed for performance or from refusal; recovery of possession by a landlord, twelve years. These periods are not extended by negotiation. A claim discussed patiently for four years can be dead before it is filed.
Our part
How we run property litigation
These matters are long, and they are won on documents and on early positioning rather than on argument at the end.
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Limitation checked before anything else, because it decides whether there is a case at all.
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Interim relief sought at the outset, since possession during the suit tends to become possession after it.
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Documentary case built first: the chain of title, the revenue record and the correspondence.
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Settlement weighed honestly against the cost and duration of a contested decree.
Scope
What this engagement covers
- Title and declaration suits
- Partition and family property disputes
- Possession, eviction and mesne profits
- Specific performance of agreements to sell
- Temporary and permanent injunctions
- Landlord and tenant, and builder or developer disputes
- Appeals and execution
How it runs
The process, stage by stage
No stage carries a promised date. The Registry's queue and the court's list are not ours to commit on your behalf. What we commit to is doing our part of each stage without delay.
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Check limitation and title
Whether a claim survives, and what the documents actually establish, before any proceeding is commenced.
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Freeze the position
Injunction, status quo or receiver sought at the outset so the property is not dealt with during the suit.
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Plead
The plaint or written statement drafted with documents, and the relief framed to match what the court can actually grant.
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Trial
Evidence, cross-examination and arguments, with settlement explored in parallel throughout.
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Enforce
Execution of the decree, including possession and mesne profits where awarded.
Common questions
Questions we are asked most often
Specific performance compels completion where the agreement is valid and you have been ready and willing to perform. Limitation is three years from the date fixed for performance or from refusal, so it is time-sensitive.
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