SERVICES
International Family Laws
International Family Laws Parental Consent, Civil Marriage, Quaker and Jewish Marriages, Prohibited Degrees, Minimum Age, Defective Formalities, Bigamy, Parties of Same Sex, Incapacity to Consummate, Willful Refusal to Consummate, Lack of Consent, Duress, Mistake, Insanity, Venereal Diseases, HIV/AIDS, Pregnancy by Another and Mental Illness, Presumption of Death and Dissolution, Adultery, Respondent’s Behavior, Desertion, Living Apart, Judicial Separation, Injunctions, Domestic Violence, Inherent Jurisdiction, Implied, Resulting or Constructive Trust, Purchase Price, Beneficial Interests, Estoppel, Personal Property, Converting a Joint Tenancy into a Tenancy in Common, Conveyancing Implications, Proprietary Rights, Transfer of Tenancies by Court Order, Succession to Tenancies on Death, Wills, Intestacy, Income Support, Housing Benefits, Non-contributory benefits, Child Benefit, Guardian’s Allowance, Widowhood, Retirement, Orders Ancillary, Judicial Separation, Children’s Welfare, Clean Break, Financial Orders for Children, Maintenance Orders, Childhood, Illegitimacy, Scientific Tests, Birth Registration, Judicial Procedures for Determining Parentage, Welfare Principle, Welfare Test, Family Proceeding, Welfare Agency, Wardship Proceedings, Child Abduction, Social Services, Child Care Law, Child Protection, Local Authority, Adoption Practice, Adoption and freeing for Adoption, Unmarried Father, Exclusion of Foreign Law, Ascertainment Domicile, Residence and Nationality, Proof of Foreign Law, Jurisdictional Immunities, forum non conveniens and lis alibi pendens, Jurisdiction Clauses, Jurisdiction of Foreign Courts at Common Law, Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments Under Multilateral Conventions, Polygamous Marriages, Choice of Law, Recognition of Foreign Decrees, Adoptions under the Hague Convention, Mental Disorder, Renvoi, Enforcement and Recognition under Statute, Arbitration and Foreign Awards, Declarations as to Status, Intestate Succession, Testamentary Succession, Exercise of Power by Will, Trusts, bare Talaq, Public Policy and Financial Provisions, Extra-territoriality of Talaq, Application of Muslim laws in Britain, Extent of husband’s control over the wife, Effects of Muslim marriage on South Asian Laws, Legal Effects of Muslim Marriages in Britain, polygamy in Britain, Unreformed triple Talaqs in Indian Law, South Asian Concepts, Qur’anic Heirs, Shi’t Laws of Compulsory Succession, Women’s Charter’s Solutions to Interpersonal Conflicts, Administration of Muslim Laws in Singapore, Administration of Muslim Law in Malaysia, Prostitution, Pornography, Immutability, Jurisdiction in Singapore, Jurisdiction in Malaysia, Extra-Judicial divorce and nullity, Doctrine of Election, Compromise and Renunciation, Joint Wills, Plurality of Husbands, Marriage with a woman undergoing Iddat, Marriage between a Sunni and Shia, Mutah Marriage, Guardianship in Marriage, Restitution of Conjugal Rights, Breach of Promise to marry, Enticing away a wife, Prompt and Deferred Dower, Remission of wife, Liability of heirs for dower, Dower is a debt / an unsecured debt, Widow’s right to retain possession of husband’s estate in lieu of dower, When Talaq becomes Irrevocable, Halala, Khula and Mubara’at, Agreement for future separation, Talaq-i-Taweez, Revocation of Talaq, Rights of mother custody of infant children, Rights of female relations in defaults of mother, females when disqualified for custody, Rights of male paternal relations in default of female relations, Bisexual Parents, Custody of child wife, Legal Guardians of Property, de factor guardian, Alienation of immovable property, Hizanat, Interpretation of Holy Qu’ran, Jactitation, Doctrine of Necessity in marriage, Marital Rape, Anal Sex and Islamic Fatwa, Committal for Contempt, Passports, Custodianship, Oral examination, Charging Orders, Garnishee Orders, receivers, Legal Aid, Procedure for Taxation, Discovery and Declarations of Disclosure, Uncontested Proceedings, Pretrial Procedures and Trial Preparation, Appeals and Writs.
Civil Litigation
Draft and argue various motions and pleadings in the High Courts of Pakistan. Respon¬sible for own case load from inception through trail. Prepare and draft interrogatories, document requests, and answer same. Prepare and draft summary judgment motions, discovery motions, and motions to compel. Research and draft memoranda. Write opinion letters to clients.
Criminal (White Collar) Litigation
Prepare motions for summary judgment, motions in limine, judgment on the pleadings and trial briefs. Prepare appellate motions to the High Court. Prepare memoranda of law and correspondence. Take and defend depositions. Appear in customs, banking and narcotics cases. Represented several international banks and filed criminal complaints on their behalf.
International Arbitration
Conduct arbitration in Pakistan and abroad, in particular UAE and UK with reference to international law, the rules of conflict of laws and enforcing the same before the appropriate forum. Using arbitration as a mechanism for resolution of disputes.
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
To enforce foreign judgments in Pakistan, whether they are obtained from a reciprocating country or by filing a fresh suit on the basis of the foreign judgment. Currency regulations and restrictions, concerning the foreign judgments. Pending foreign proceedings. Defences available in Pakistan against foreign judgments. Jurisdiction of foreign Courts. Interim relief. Time of enforcement and subsequent action. International Treaties, and matters related to prescription.
HOUSTON
FRANKFURT
DUBAI
LONDON