Scott has a wide range of expertise and experience with business and property disputes. Whilst working as a solicitor, he has advised and acted in bankruptcy, employment, and property matters, enforcement, and in commercial and contractual disputes. Representative matters include:

• Conducting proceedings on behalf of a Defendant UK subsidiary of a US mass media conglomerate in relation to a commercially sensitive matter with employment and regulatory implications.
• Acting for lay client Claimant in the mediation of a discrimination and unfair dismissal claim before the UK Employment Tribunal. The result was an increased settlement offer (from £9,000 to £30,000), together with employer undertakings regarding future treatment of employees with disabilities.
• Advising on the prospects of success of a bankruptcy annulment application as part of ancillary measure proceedings in a divorce action, and advising on a related application to the High Court.
• Successfully mediating on behalf of a Defendant in the County Court which resulted in a settlement that was a 75% reduction in money owed by sole trader client.
• In enforcement proceedings, successfully applied to County Court for two third-party debt orders and for an order compelling the director of defendant company to attend court to answer questions regarding company assets.
• Advising an individual on prospects of tracing, claiming and recovering BTC and ETH (or the value in fiat) used as security in a loan entered with a limited company.
• Successfully acting for Claimant in County Court in tort and contract claims regarding renovation of a residence (judgment value £23,000).
• Successfully acting for professional in emergency interim application to adjourn bankruptcy order proceedings.
• Advising an individual high net worth client regarding: strategic response to issuance of INTERPOL Red Notice, English procedure and Hague Conventions 1954 (international service) and 2005 (choice of court), and service out (via FCDO) in his claim against a European State.

As a freelance County Court solicitor advocate (with the Manchester-based Quest Legal Advocates), Scott attended many hearings acting on behalf of corporate clients and individuals in connection with Road Traffic Accidents and Personal Injury in the southeast and the midlands.

He represented the Defendant insurer in a fast-track trial against an individual Claimant who claimed £3,000 in damages for personal injury and £12,000 for credit hire. Damages were reduced to £1,500 for personal injury with the credit hire claim struck out.

Scott has been a panel member of Advocate, a pro-bono organisation based in London, since September 2025.

In 2020-21 Scott was appointed Faculty Academic Visitor at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, nominated by Professor Graham Virgo KC.

He co-authored client and case notes for the Debevoise UK Civil Litigation Blog on topics including commercial litigation and sole-authored various articles in academic and practitioner journals on topics including banking, finance and insurance.

In his spare time, Scott helps coach the Gray’s Inn Vis International Commercial Arbitration Team. He loves diving, swimming and snorkelling, and he is a qualified SCUBA divemaster.