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I have practised law for eleven (11) years as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya since 1998 and now as a Partner in the Law firm of Ibrahim, Issack & Company Advocates.  Qualified for appointment as a Judge of the High Court of Kenya in 2006.

I joined the then Mohamed Ibrahim & Associates in 1997 from the Law Firm of Salim Dhanji & Company Advocates.

Initially I handled mainly conveyancing and commercial work. I have since extended my work to cover several areas including Aviation, Corporate Law, Banking Law, International Trade Law, Company Law and Land Registration and property transaction procedures, Securities Law, Real Estate Law, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Law, Labour Law, Insurance Law and Arbitration.

At the moment, I am the Partner in Charge of the Litigation Department.

Currently, I handle work for a portfolio of both corporate and individual clients including the East African Portland Cement, National Hospital Insurance Fund, Bamburi Cement, National Bank of Kenya Ltd, Trans-National Bank Ltd and the Premier Group of Companies (Premier Bag & Cordage, Premier Flour Mills Ltd, Blue Bird Aviation, African Commuter Services Ltd, 748 Air Services and in aviation, I have handled both Commissions of Inquiry and Litigation dealing extensively with the role of the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority resulting into the Busia Plane Crash Inquiry Report of 30th April 2003 which gave wide and far reaching recommendations for the running and improvement of the Civil Aviation industry in Kenya and compliance with International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) regulations, procedures and minima.  During this Commission of Inquiry and the subsequent Litigation, I had full exposure to and knowledge of the Kenya Civil Aviation Act Cap 394 Laws of Kenya, the Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act 2002, together with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) regulations, procedures and practices.  I was also exposed to KCAA structures, functions and departments in full. 

In Litigation, I have engaged in Cases including, the Safaricom IPO Case, the Busia Plane Crash Inquiry and Litigation and Kenya Bureau of Standards line of Cases dealing with Standardisation and Standards Levy; the Eldoret Kenya Power & Lighting Case, Kenya Civil Aviation Authority and the Civil Aviation Act, The Communication Commission of Kenya RTO Licence line of Cases.  I have a portfolio of local and international companies as clients with a wide exposure to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Regulations and procedures, International Trade Law, Banking Law and practice. I have handled work in conjunction with the leading UK Law firm of Clifford Chance and Kampala Associated Advocates.  My work has included review and opinion on various Aviation procedures, standards, licencing, acquisitions, Leases both wet and dry leases; bank records and procedures, Import and Export business law, advice on Trust Receipts, Letters of Credit, Letters of Indemnity, Advising and Amendment Letters together with the various Amendment Forms. I have also prepared, offered opinion with regard to procurement procedures, the various short and long term lending and borrowing. In this regard, I have covered the following securities:

Pledges, Negotiable Instruments (Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes and fully Negotiable Securities such as Bearer bonds), Bills of Lading, Charges over Receivables, Letters of Hypothecation, Mortgages and Charges, Debentures and Chattels mortgages

In the Law Firm of Salim Dhanji & Company Advocates during the Kenya School of Law Diploma Programme and after, I undertook the preparation of several legal and protracted documents on behalf of high profile companies including
Kenya Airways,
Alico Kenya Limited,
Citbank N.A.,
Commercial Bank of Africa
First American Bank
Banque Indosuez
Total Kenya Limited
First National Finance Bank Limited.

Warchild is a Non-Governmental Organisation based in the UK. The main objective of this Organisation is the provision of relief aid to Children and their families in conflict and post conflict zones. It has had programmes in the Balkans, Kosovo, Serbia Bosnia, Rwanda, Burundi, Southern Sudan, Northern Kenya, Ethiopia, Chechnya, Sierra Leone and East Timor. War Child Kenya Programme is now registered as an NGO in Kenya.

My duties with this Engineering and Management Consultancy Firm involved working as an assistant to the Consultant during the inception, implementation and commissioning of the West Kenya Rainfed Rice Development Project,  (WKRRDP) funded jointly by the African Development Bank, The Government of Kenya and OPEC. This multi-faceted project included the construction of a Rice Mill Complex by China Jiangsu International as the main contractor and FH Schule GmBh of West Germany as the machinery suppliers; the creation of a self-sustaining credit system; management training, the establishment of a computer system for the various components of the project and environmental appraisal of the project. In this capacity I was responsible for the consolidation of the consultant’s periodic Reports on all components of the project for the submission to the funding agencies and the client, keeping of all relevant records of the project and attending specialist meetings, collecting individual reports on the various components of the project, preparing the draft reports, the Inception, Quarterly, Annual, Progress and Final reports. Harmonizing the various engineering contracts and sub-contracts.

This work was intensive and required knowledge and use of Word processing and Accounting computer packages. In addition to this, I had experience in the preparation of various Engineering contracts including the main contract, sub contracts, bid bonds, performance bonds, inspection of completion certificates, interim certificates, tender evaluation procedures, procurement procedures, and revision of contracts.

Conduct of both Criminal and Civil cases during the Fourth Term Clinical programme at the Chief Magistrates Court at Kisumu Law Courts.

Law Society of Kenya

Substantive and active member