Imraan Abdullah

Director

Imraan Abdullah is a Director in our Dispute Resolution practice. Imraan is a skilled practitioner specialising in Public Law.  Imraan also has experience in commercial litigation and arbitration, and in dealing with matters in the oil and gas sector, with a particular focus on downstream operations in South Africa.

Imraan Abdullah

About Imraan

After completing his articles, Imraan spent spent two years in civil society at the South African History Archive and simultaneously completed an LLM degree in Constitutional and Human Rights Law.

At the end of his stint at the South African History Archive, Imraan was fortunate to have been offered a judicial clerkship with Justice Johan Froneman at the Constitutional Court, where he served Justice Froneman for a year.

In 2019, Imraan joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as an Associate in the Dispute Resolution practice, was appointed as a Senior Associate in 2021, and became a Director in 2024.

Areas of expertise

Dispute Resolution
Public Law
Regulatory

Experience

  • Advising in relation to the PFMA, the MFMA and the associated regulatory frameworks.
  • Advising private entities on interactions and relations with government departments and public entities in respect of tender submissions, judicial reviews and contractual matters, amongst several other matters.
  • Advising public entities in relation to the PFMA, the PPPFA, the associated regulatory framework on SCM policies, preferential procurement, tender preparation, judicial reviews, parliamentary submissions, amongst several other matters.
  • Advising client's on a wide variety of regulatory matters such as those arising in broader transport sector.
  • Civil litigation and Arbitration in respect of contractual disputes.
  • Advising in relation to the Petroleum Products Act (including on section 12A appeals and section 12B arbitrations) and the associated regulatory frameworks in respect of downstream activities.

Credentials

Education

  • Registered with the Legal Practice Council
  • BA (Law and International Relations), University of Witwatersrand
  • LLB, University of Witwatersrand
  • LLM, (Constitutional and Human Rights Law), University of Johannesburg
  • Year of admission as an attorney: 2016

LANGUAGES

  • English

News

Balancing innovation and regulation: A look at unsolicited bids and proposals' potential to unlock innovation in public procurement in South Africa
Dispute Resolution

Balancing innovation and regulation: A look at unsolicited bids and proposals' potential to unlock innovation in public procurement in South Africa

Imraan Abdullah, Director, and Charles Green, Associate in the Dispute Resolution practice, recently published an article with the African Procurement Law Journal Volume 12 No.1 titled...

Reflections on the Public Procurement Act ahead of the Constitutional Court challenge to its validity
Dispute Resolution

Reflections on the Public Procurement Act ahead of the Constitutional Court challenge to its validity

It has been more than a year since the Public Procurement Act 28 of 2024 (Act) was passed by Parliament (16 May 2024) and almost a year since it received the assent of the President...

Setting aside a public procurement decision on the grounds that the award exceeded the available budget
Dispute Resolution

Setting aside a public procurement decision on the grounds that the award exceeded the available budget

On 27 December 2024, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) delivered a judgment in Zeal Health Innovations (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Defence and Military Veterans and Another ZASCA 183,...

Liability of municipal officials for unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure
Dispute Resolution

Liability of municipal officials for unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure

Municipalities have original constitutional powers and are directly responsible for the management of their affairs. They are required to comply with the norms and standards imposed...

The transferability of administrative justice rights to a deceased estate in the context of a review of a medical scheme’s decision
Dispute Resolution

The transferability of administrative justice rights to a deceased estate in the context of a review of a medical scheme’s decision

In Carlo Swanepoel N.O v Profmed Medical Scheme ZACC 23 the Constitutional Court considered an application for substitution brought by the executor of the deceased estate for Ms Mignon...

Recent judgment declaring level 3 and 4 lockdown regulations invalid and unconstitutional

Recent judgment declaring level 3 and 4 lockdown regulations invalid and unconstitutional

Dispute Resolution Associate Imraan Abdullah recently joined The Honest Truth with Benito Vergotine to discuss the recent judgment declaring level 3 and 4 lockdown regulations invalid...

Liquor and tobacco ban during level 4

Liquor and tobacco ban during level 4

Imraan Abdullah, Associate in our Dispute Resolution practice joined Benito Vergotine on Smile FM to discuss the liquor and tobacco ban during level 4 of the national lockdown.

Balancing innovation and regulation: A look at unsolicited bids and proposals' potential to unlock innovation in public procurement in South Africa
Dispute Resolution

Balancing innovation and regulation: A look at unsolicited bids and proposals' potential to unlock innovation in public procurement in South Africa

Imraan Abdullah, Director, and Charles Green, Associate in the Dispute Resolution practice, recently published an article with the African Procurement Law Journal Volume 12 No.1 titled...

Reflections on the Public Procurement Act ahead of the Constitutional Court challenge to its validity
Dispute Resolution

Reflections on the Public Procurement Act ahead of the Constitutional Court challenge to its validity

It has been more than a year since the Public Procurement Act 28 of 2024 (Act) was passed by Parliament (16 May 2024) and almost a year since it received the assent of the President...

Setting aside a public procurement decision on the grounds that the award exceeded the available budget
Dispute Resolution

Setting aside a public procurement decision on the grounds that the award exceeded the available budget

On 27 December 2024, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) delivered a judgment in Zeal Health Innovations (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Defence and Military Veterans and Another ZASCA 183,...

Liability of municipal officials for unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure
Dispute Resolution

Liability of municipal officials for unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure

Municipalities have original constitutional powers and are directly responsible for the management of their affairs. They are required to comply with the norms and standards imposed...

The transferability of administrative justice rights to a deceased estate in the context of a review of a medical scheme’s decision
Dispute Resolution

The transferability of administrative justice rights to a deceased estate in the context of a review of a medical scheme’s decision

In Carlo Swanepoel N.O v Profmed Medical Scheme ZACC 23 the Constitutional Court considered an application for substitution brought by the executor of the deceased estate for Ms Mignon...

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