‘Nick Scott is the stand-out partner. He is intelligent and thoughtful, spending time forensically teasing out the best arguments from complex factual and legal situations. Nick also analyses the wider litigation strategy with a reflective and cost-effective approach.’
The Legal 500, UK
Nick Scott is an outstanding solicitor, combining deep legal knowledge with commercial savvy. He is keenly focused on achieving positive client outcomes, adopting a pragmatic and commercial approach to litigation.’
The Legal 500, UK
‘Nick Scott and Jade Brooks are phenomenal. They are both truly excellent. They deal with very high profile and complex High Court litigation for a range of clients and high value claims. Their case preparation is exemplary and Nick Scott’s tactical nous is second to none.’
The Legal 500, UK
Nick Scott is an extremely good litigation strategist, has an agile mind and is supremely adept in batting away opponent solicitors’ correspondence.'
The Legal 500, UK
Nick is a Consultant in the Dispute Resolution team.
Nick is a highly experienced litigator recommended in the UK Legal 500 as “outstanding” and who has “tremendous knowledge and experience…always available and responds to challenges in a calm, decisive and unphased manner.”
Nick specialises in complex high value commercial disputes typically with a significant international element.
Nick represents clients in both High Court litigation and arbitration (LCIA, ICC, AAA, LME, WIPO) and also has extensive experience of alternative dispute resolution including mediation, early neutral evaluation and adjudication.
Nick was a key member of the Defence team awarded “Dispute Resolution Team of the Year” at the 2014 Legal Business Awards and “Litigation Team of the Year” at the 2014 Lawyer Awards.
Nick is fluent in German and French.
Representative Experience
- Representation of political party in high profile ICO investigation (Operation Cederberg) into political parties’ use of data analytics and potential breaches of the Data Protection Act
- Representation of Labour Party in relation to challenge to suspension of Chris Williamson MP from the Labour Party: [2019] EWHC 2639 (QB)
- $1.67 billion oil and gas dispute relating to ownership of oilfields in Kurdistan: Excalibur v Texas Keystone and Others [2013] EWHC 2767 (Comm)
- $12 million LCIA arbitration against major listed oil and gas company
- £50 million dispute with HMRC in relation to recovery of unpaid capital allowances
- Extensive experience of direct and indirect tax litigation at all levels, including in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court
- Defending claims alleging misstatements in bond listing prospectus
- Breach of directors’ duties claim against AIM listed oil and gas company
- Arbitration relating to repudiatory breach claim against private equity owner of a number of shopping centres
- Unfair prejudice claim for minority shareholder in gold trading company
- Shareholder dispute for Edwardian Hotel Group
- LCIA Arbitration relating to ballast water treatment plant
- LLP dispute for AI driven hedge fund
- Various matters arising out of insolvency of Gable Insurance AG
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