Mike Scott > Cripps > Tunbridge Wells, England > Lawyer Profile
Cripps Offices
NUMBER 22
MOUNT EPHRAIM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Kent
TN4 8AS
England
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Mike Scott
Work Department
Senior partner and chair of the board; partner in property disputes
Position
Senior partner and chair of the board, leading on the firm’s strategy and culture, working with the managing partner and the board to set the firm’s vision and long term strategy, as well as a partner in the property disputes team.
Mike’s areas of expertise include developer and neighbour disputes, rights to light, party walls, access, easements, restrictive covenants, property-related insurance claims, development-related contract disputes, landlord and tenant disputes (commercial and residential), and property-related negligence claims.
Career
Trained Cripps LLP; qualified 1996; associate 2000; partner 2002.
Memberships
Property Litigation Association.
Education
Whitgift School; Nottingham University (1992 BA joint honours); De Montfort University (1993 CPE; 1994 LPC).
Leisure
Golf, squash, tennis, films, music, travel.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Real estate > Property litigation
(Leading partners)Described as an ‘exceptional legal mind’, Nitej Davda heads the team at Cripps. Based in Tunbridge Wells, Davda has longstanding experience in commercial landlord and tenant disputes as well as professional negligence claims relating to both property and construction. Miles Paffard handles real estate disputes across a variety of sectors, including retail, infrastructure, and hospitality. Mike Scott and Richard Housley are standout lawyers in the team. Scott is recommended for developer disputes, right to light claims, and restrictive covenants, while Housley is skilled with matters relating to property insolvency and leasehold enfranchisement.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners South East > Real estate > Property litigation
- Property litigation South East > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Environment and planning
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector