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We are a Client-Focused and Result-Driven firm of  Barristers and Solicitors.

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Legal Practice

The Firm currently focuses on two major areas of legal practice:

  1. Litigation.
  2. Commercial and Corporate Law.

Litigation is a broad term that covers actions in law to resolve disputes between two or more parties. It also extends to cover the preparatory work involved in pursuing actions in court. The Firm has extensive experience and practices in different types of litigation, which include but are not limited to the following:

  1. Business Litigation.
  2. Civil Litigation.
  3. Class Action Litigation.
  4. Criminal Litigation.
  5. Divorce Litigation.
  6. Judicial Review Litigation.
  7. Litigation involving constitutional law interpretation.
  8. Litigation involving election petitions.
  9. Personal Injury Litigation.
  10. Real Estate Litigation.
  11. Patent Litigation.
  12. Probate Litigation.
  13. Any form of application for leave to appeal or review and appeal in the Supreme Courts.

Commercial law deals with transactions taken by a company or business. Hence, it is also known as business law. It is concerned with trade, commercial transactions, and business deals undertaken by a business on a day-to-day basis. The Firm practices commercial law in areas including but not limited to the following:

  1. Consumer law.
  2. Contract law.
  3. Employment and labour law.
  4. Intellectual property law.
  5. International transaction and trade.
  6. Property law.

Corporate law, on the other hand, covers governance and regulation of a company. Hence, it is also known as company law. It dictates the structure, rights, and relations of and within a company and how the company should operate. The Firm practices in corporate law as well.

Apart from the above two major areas of law, we also engage in legislative drafting and review of legislative frameworks to either amend current legislation or enact new legislation.

All in all, we have a team that is well equipped to take on any legal matter that a client brings.

Services

Our team of lawyers consists of the following types of lawyers:

  1. Barristers.
  2. Solicitors.
  3. Both barristers and solicitors.

In other jurisdictions, the role of a barrister and a solicitor may be separated. However, in the jurisdiction of Papua New Guinea, a lawyer can practise as either or both as a solicitor and a barrister. In our Firm all our lawyers practice in both roles.

Given the types of law and areas of law that we practice in, we provide the following services:

  1. 1. Administrative Law
    2. Alternative Dispute Resolution
    3. Corporate and Tax Law
    4. Criminal Law
    5. Commercial Law
    6. Conveyancing
    7. Creditor Rights and Bankruptcy
    8. Family Law
    9. Intellectual Property
    10. Labour and Employment
    11. Litigation
    12. Mining Law
    13. Petroleum Law
    14. Real Estate & Finance
    15. Succession (Trusts & Estates)
    16. Torts (Personal Injury Claims)
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Areas of Practice

We have extensive experience in litigation in different fields of law at different levels of Court including quasi-judicial tribunals. The same also applies to our experience in commercial and corporate law. Drawing from this, we offer strategic guidance to our clientele on the many legal challenges that they face. We strive to provide the required services to our clientele in a timely, efficient and economical manner.

We appreciate the changes that technology has advanced into the legal landscape as well as generally. We understand that to provide our services efficiently, we must utilize the technology that is available. Hence, we have equipped our team with the latest software applications, other ICT infrastructure and operational tools to enable us to provide our services efficiently to our clientele.