Legal Services
Civil cases
The firm advises on civil matters, represents clients in the civil courts, and takes part in mediation, settlement, and arbitration. It states that it follows the court procedures of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq, including remote hearings by audio and video where those procedures are available.
Civil contract disputes
The firm looks at whether a contract meets the legal requirements, and represents the client in mediation, arbitration, or court. The contract disputes it names are:
- Sale and transfer of ownership
- Gift
- Settlement
- Lease
- Construction (muqawala)
- Agency
- Custodianship
- Insurance
- Guarantee (kafala)
Compensation for harm
The firm relies on the civil-law rule that a person who harms another must make good that harm, even if the person who caused it lacks legal capacity. The cases it names are harm to the person, usurpation and trespass, and damage to property.
Inheritance and real estate
Advice on leases, sales, and construction is also offered as a consultation.
- Liquidation of an estate
- Ending co-ownership, and partition
- Preemption (shuf’a)
- Possession
- Security mortgage and possessory pledge
- Joint ownership, leases, and construction contracts
How a civil matter is handled
- Advice on the present position
- A plan for the evidence, and for litigation, mediation, or arbitration
- Representation in the civil courts and before mediation and arbitration bodies
Call the firm and describe the facts. Whether it can act, and what can realistically be asked for, depends on those facts and on the law.