Duncan is an Advocate who acts as the firm’s Managing Partner. He boasts of excellent dispute resolution and advocacy skills with a very high success rate in litigation. He is presently one of the most frequently sought for advocate to handle constitutional and judicial review cases as well as public procurement ones. Also, he has been defence counsel in many high profiled anti-corruption criminal cases in Kenya. He also patronizes the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court on various matters ranging from intellectual property, procurement, employment, constitutional & human rights violations as well as asset recovery. He was retained as a consultant by the Attorney General on the Building Bridges appeals. He also successfully represented the Governor of Meru County in an impeachment case before the Kenya’s Senate. Further, he is the main advocate and advisor to the Music Copyright Society of Kenya an organization with over 16,000 members. Besides, Duncan teaches law (constitutional theory, white collar crimes) at Moi University’s department of Public Law and is an examiner for Council for Legal Education and presents a seminar on comparative constitutional law the University of Nairobi.

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Certificate (Law & Logic); EUI Florence- Harvard Law joint Summer School
Doctorof Philosophy (PhD); Utrecht University, Netherlands
Masterof Laws (LL.M); University of Pretoria, South Africa
Advocate, High Court of Kenya
PostgraduateDiploma- Kenya School of Law
Bachelorof Laws (LLB)- Moi University
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES

Member, British Institute of Eastern Africa
Member,Law Society of Kenya
Member, International Society of Public Law
Member, International Association of Constitutional Law
Highlight of Some Key Cases Handled

Has been a defense lawyer in several high profiled criminal/anti-corruption cases including N.Y.S 2; the 2 National Land Commission Compensation cases; KPLC procurements and Maize importation Case (Erad Supplies and General Contracts).
Has represented several local and multi-lateral companies in commercial arbitration/enforcement proceedings including: Smartmatic International B.V.G(Kshs. 400 million FX dispute); Oilfields Engineering and Supplies Limited (Kshs. 4.6 Billion); Associated Construction Limited ( 8 billion); Austria Card – Plastikkarten und Ausweissysteme Gesellschaft m.b.H (Kshs. 854 Million) and Inform P Lykos Holdings (Kshs. 600 Million).
Represented several individuals/companies in land disputes e.g., Afrison Export Import Limited ( 33 Billion);
Undertaken several public procurement disputes at the PPRB, High Court and Court of Appeal E.g., on behalf of Smartmatic International (Kshs. 650 Million) andInform P Lykos ( 600 Million);
Been advocate for Music Copyright Society of Kenya (handling over 30 cases on intellectual property of authors, arrangers and composers of musical works);
Has acted in various employment disputes (E.g., Kenyatta National Hospital v. Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacist; Miriam ABDI v. IEBC);
Has undertaken several litigations for and against public bodies in judicial review/constitutional and human rights (Council of Governors, Office of the Attorney General)