diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ClientCaseContoller.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ClientCaseContoller.php
index 01889f0..1d1e563 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ClientCaseContoller.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ClientCaseContoller.php
@@ -1130,20 +1130,25 @@ public function show(ClientCase $clientCase)
         // Merge client case and contract documents into a single array and include contract reference when applicable
         $contractIds = $contracts->pluck('id');
         // Include 'uuid' so frontend can build document routes (was causing missing 'document' param error)
-        $contractDocs = Document::query()
-            ->select(['id', 'uuid', 'documentable_id', 'documentable_type', 'name', 'file_name', 'original_name', 'extension', 'mime_type', 'size', 'created_at'])
-            ->where('documentable_type', Contract::class)
-            ->when($contractIds->isNotEmpty(), fn ($q) => $q->whereIn('documentable_id', $contractIds))
-            ->orderByDesc('created_at')
-            ->limit(300) // cap to prevent excessive payload; add pagination later if needed
-            ->get()
-            ->map(function ($d) use ($contractRefMap) {
-                $arr = method_exists($d, 'toArray') ? $d->toArray() : (array) $d;
-                $arr['contract_reference'] = $contractRefMap[$d->documentable_id] ?? null;
-                $arr['contract_uuid'] = optional(Contract::withTrashed()->find($d->documentable_id))->uuid;
+        // IMPORTANT: If there are no contracts for this case we must NOT return all contract documents from other cases.
+        if ($contractIds->isEmpty()) {
+            $contractDocs = collect();
+        } else {
+            $contractDocs = Document::query()
+                ->select(['id', 'uuid', 'documentable_id', 'documentable_type', 'name', 'file_name', 'original_name', 'extension', 'mime_type', 'size', 'created_at'])
+                ->where('documentable_type', Contract::class)
+                ->whereIn('documentable_id', $contractIds)
+                ->orderByDesc('created_at')
+                ->limit(300) // cap to prevent excessive payload; add pagination later if needed
+                ->get()
+                ->map(function ($d) use ($contractRefMap) {
+                    $arr = method_exists($d, 'toArray') ? $d->toArray() : (array) $d;
+                    $arr['contract_reference'] = $contractRefMap[$d->documentable_id] ?? null;
+                    $arr['contract_uuid'] = optional(Contract::withTrashed()->find($d->documentable_id))->uuid;
 
-                return $arr;
-            });
+                    return $arr;
+                });
+        }
 
         $caseDocs = $case->documents()
             ->select(['id', 'uuid', 'documentable_id', 'documentable_type', 'name', 'file_name', 'original_name', 'extension', 'mime_type', 'size', 'created_at'])