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Scott is a commercial barrister with a particular focus on insolvency, banking & finance, class actions, defamation & contractual disputes.

He appears regularly at various Court levels in Victoria and interstate, both led and unled. 

He is also a Nationally Accredited Mediator and a member of the LEM and the County Court Panel of Mediators. 

Prior to coming to the Bar in May 2019, Scott was a Special Counsel at HWL Ebsworth, Australia’s largest legal partnership. This followed a decade of experience as both an in-house lawyer and a commercial litigator, in which he had the conduct of matters including the landmark ASIC v Healey directors’ duties proceedings and the Centro class actions.

Scott is a member of the Victorian Bar Ethics Committee and an honourary member of the Commercial Bar Association Executive and co-editor of CommBar Matters. 

Scott read with Nicholas De Young KC and his senior mentor is Jonathon Moore KC.

  

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Admitted

13 Apr 2010

Victorian Bar

02 May 2019

Areas of Expertise

    Appellate 2 Areas

    • Appellate Merits Review
    • Civil Appeals

    Corporations Law 7 Areas

    • ASIC investigations and Prosecutions
    • Charities and Not-for-Profits
    • Directors and Officers Claims
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Partnership Disputes
    • Securities and Investments
    • Shareholder Disputes

    Commercial 4 Areas

    • Banking and Finance
    • Commercial Class Actions
    • Competition and Consumer Law
    • Contractual Disputes

    Bankruptcy and Insolvency 3 Areas

    • Bankruptcy
    • Corporate Insolvency
    • Public Examinations

    Building and Construction

    International 3 Areas

    • Choice of Law
    • Conflict of Laws
    • Private International Law

    Public Administrative 4 Areas

    • Civil and Human Rights
    • Compliance and Investigations
    • Constitutional Law
    • Merits Review

    Civil Procedure Law

    Inquests Inquiries 1 Areas

    • Commissions or Tribunals and Other Inquiries

    Common Law and Personal Injury 2 Areas

    • Common Law Class Actions
    • Intentional Torts

    Sports Law 1 Areas

    • Contracts and Contract Disputes

    Technology and Media Law 1 Areas

    • Defamation

    Equity 3 Areas

    • Fiduciary Duties
    • Real Property
    • Trusts

    Alternative Dispute Resolution 1 Areas

    • Mediations

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