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Service Law practice at Juris & Nova Chambers

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Service Law

Your service record, read correctly.

Overview

At Juris & Nova Chambers, our Service Law practice provides legal assistance to employees, employers, government servants, public sector employees, and organisations on a wide range of employment and service-related matters. We advise clients on issues arising throughout the course of employment, including appointment, promotion, transfer, disciplinary action, retirement, and termination.

Our practice covers service conditions, seniority, promotions, pay and benefits, transfers, leave, disciplinary proceedings, suspension, and other employment-related grievances. We assist clients in reviewing service records, preparing representations, responding to notices, and pursuing appropriate remedies.

We also represent clients in matters relating to disciplinary proceedings, departmental inquiries, service disputes, employment grievances, and challenges to administrative decisions before appropriate tribunals, authorities, and courts.

Where disputes arise, our team assists clients through representation, negotiation, administrative proceedings, litigation, and appeals. Our approach focuses on providing practical and effective legal support while protecting the service-related rights and interests of our clients.

Whether the matter involves appointment, promotion, seniority, transfer, disciplinary action, retirement benefits, or termination, Juris & Nova Chambers provides focused legal assistance tailored to the circumstances of each case.

Areas we cover

Services within this practice

  • Recruitment Rule Challenges
  • Appointment Disputes
  • Selection Process Challenges
  • Compassionate Appointment Claims
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  • Promotion Denial Cases
  • Seniority List Disputes
  • DPC Proceedings Challenges
  • Cadre Disputes
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  • Transfer Order Challenges
  • Posting Disputes
  • Inter-Cadre Transfer Issues
  • Deputation Matters
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  • Charge Memo Defence
  • Disciplinary Inquiry Representation
  • Penalty Order Challenges
  • Show-Cause Reply Drafting
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  • Suspension Order Challenges
  • Departmental Inquiry Defence
  • Inquiry Officer Objections
  • Subsistence Allowance Claims
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  • Pay Fixation Disputes
  • Allowance Claims
  • Pay Scale Anomaly Cases
  • Arrears Recovery
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  • Pension Disputes
  • Gratuity Claims
  • Retirement Benefit Recovery
  • Family Pension Cases
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  • Wrongful Dismissal
  • Compulsory Retirement Challenges
  • Removal from Service Cases
  • Dismissal Appeals
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  • Reinstatement Petitions
  • Back Wages Claims
  • Tribunal Execution Applications
  • Contempt for Non-Compliance
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  • Administrative Tribunal Cases
  • Service Writ Petitions
  • Departmental Appeals
  • Review Petitions
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Questions

Frequently asked

Transfers are generally an incident of service, but can be challenged where mala fide, punitive in nature, or contrary to the applicable transfer policy.

A charge memo is issued, to which a written reply is due within the time specified. That reply is the single most important document in the entire proceeding.

Confidential enquiry

Tell us about your matter

Enquiries received during working hours are acknowledged the same day.

Your details stay privileged and are never shared outside the chambers.

Consultation

Speak with a service law advocate.

Tell us what has happened and what you need. You will get a candid assessment, a realistic timeline and a written fee position before any work begins.