Mr Martin Scott > Walker Morris LLP > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile
Walker Morris LLP Offices
33 Wellington Street
LEEDS
LS1 4DL
England
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Mr Martin Scott
Work Department
Construction & Engineering
Position
Partner and Head of Construction & Engineering
Career
Martin is the Head of Construction & Engineering and has significant and extensive experience in dealing with high profile construction and engineering disputes, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, major case group actions and fraud.
Martin has been involved in many cases in the High Court and the Court of Appeal that have been reported and a number of those have been run under conditional or discounted fee agreements. Cases include: Fanmailuk.com Ltd v Cooper [2008] EWHC 2198 (Ch) [2008] B.C.C. 877, Fanmailuk.com v Cooper [2011] EWHC 902 (Ch), Kubik v Addleshaw Goddard LLP (unreported).
Martin also has a great deal of experience of adjudications and also of mediation.
In the latest Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession Martin “is recommended for his handling of complex construction disputes” and described as “extremely competent and displays great skills and determination in pressing forward claims, which are sometimes difficult and complex”.
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Insurance > Professional negligence
Walker Morris LLP draws on the expert teams of its commercial dispute resolution, construction and infrastructure, and banking litigation practices to provide sector-specific expertise in its handling of professional negligence claims. Gwendoline Davies
heads up the commercial dispute resolution team, with experience bringing claims against accountants, trustees, and other professionals, where she works alongside Nick Lees and Malcolm Simpson. Paul Hargreaves, Martin Scott and senior director Sue Harris handle matters relating to engineering and construction, with a strong track record in claims against professionals involved in the development and sale of major projects. Richard Sandford, Louise Power and Rob Payne work on claims arising against professionals in the finance space.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Public sector > Local government
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation
- Public sector > Education
- Real estate > Environment
- Public sector > Health
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) > Infrastructure and energy
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Pensions
- Real estate > Social housing
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax