Law Branches of Law Civil law Civil law manages private issues like property, contract, commercial issues, inheritance and family issues. The lawyers handling damage and breach of contract suits. The lawyers also act as trustees or guardians of an estate when required. Their main job is to prepare and draw up deeds, leases, wills, mortgages and contracts. Criminal law Be it theft, murder, arson, kidnapping, rape, terrorism or any other issue, criminal lawyers develop expertise in practising law about offences committed against the individual, society or the state at large.
Criminal lawyers defend or help prosecute by interviewing clients and witnesses.
Lawyers establish facts through interviews and research, compiles the findings, prepares the case and fights it out in the courtroom. Real estate Real estate lawyers are involved in cases pertaining to real estate, property tax, proerty transfers, etc. Tax law Tax lawyers indulge in cases about income tax, wealth tax, gift tax, estate duty, etc. If the issue is between the management and the labour, it's the labour lawyer, well versed in things like the Industrial Disputes Act, the Bonus act, The Gratuity Act, who can deliver the goods. Others Other branches of law include matters pertaining to corporate law, excise law, customs, constitutional law, family law, consumer law, etc.