Urgent consultation
If you are facing a detention, an imminent hearing, or a statutory deadline about to expire — call now. Some matters cannot wait until tomorrow.
When it is urgent
- A detention or summons for questioning
- A hearing within days
- An objection or appeal deadline about to expire
- A freeze on an account or asset
- An imminent termination or eviction
What to do now
Call rather than message — time is the deciding factor. Have the related documents to hand if you can, and do not sign any acknowledgement before speaking to a lawyer.
What counts as genuinely urgent
Not every matter is urgent, and some are more urgent than their owners realise. The situations that warrant a same-day call:
- Arrest or a summons for investigation: what is said at the gathering stage follows you into court.
- An administrative decision just notified to you: the challenge period is sixty days from knowledge and is not extended.
- A ZATCA assessment: the objection window is short and absolute, and missing it extinguishes the right.
- Exclusion from a government tender: challenges run on very short deadlines.
- An attachment on your account or a travel ban: the underlying writ needs checking immediately, not later.
- Wrongful termination of a contract or agency before a season or a delivery.
What to do and what to avoid
Do
- Record the date the decision or notice reached you, because the deadline runs from it.
- Preserve correspondence and documents exactly as they are, unedited.
- Call with what you have rather than waiting to assemble everything.
Avoid
- Signing a statement, acknowledgement or resignation before it is reviewed.
- Reacting in writing while angry — it becomes an exhibit in the file.
- Relying on a verbal promise of settlement while a statutory period is running.
Common questions
How quickly can you intervene?
On matters involving a deadline or a detention we act the same day. Call by phone and say that the matter is urgent, and what deadline is running if you know it.
I am summoned for investigation tomorrow. What should I do tonight?
Sign nothing before it is reviewed, prepare a chronology of the facts and the related documents, and call us before you attend. Having counsel present with you is a right conferred by statute.
I was notified of an administrative decision two months ago. Is it too late?
The challenge period is sixty days from definite knowledge, calculated from the documented date of notification. Call immediately, because pinning that date down precisely may keep the door open.
My bank account has been attached. What is the first step?
Examining the writ behind the attachment, the underlying debt, and the procedure by which it issued. An attachment may rest on an invalid writ or exceed the debt, and both are addressable before the enforcement judge.
Is the urgent consultation free?
The first call is free as with any matter. If immediate action is required we set fees in writing before starting, and set out what can realistically be achieved in the time remaining.
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