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Abigail Scott

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Work Department

Disease, Inquests, Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury, Counter Fraud, Credit Hire, Employment, Motor, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Animals and Equine, Property and Real Estate, Planning and Environmental.

Position

Abigail holds a First Class (Honours) degree in Law and was graded Outstanding on the BPTC (1^st in year). She joined Ropewalk Chambers as a tenant in 2020.

Abigail has a busy court practice encompassing trials, applications, CMCs, and CCMCs. She also enjoys a thriving paperwork practice and is regularly instructed in multi-track cases to draft advices, pleadings, schedules, and counter-schedules of loss.

Abigail is a Harmsworth Scholar (Middle Temple) and received the Dean’s Scholarship for Academic Excellence, the Richard Bagley Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Pro Bono Activity and the Taylor Prize from Nottingham Law School. In 2022, she was shortlisted for Advocate’s Young Pro Bono Barrister of the year.

As an undergraduate, Abigail won four major mooting competitions, each judged by Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and/or High Court judges. Her presentation was described by Lord Hodge as “particularly impressive”.

Abigail is a member of the Government Legal Department’s Junior Junior scheme.  She is a member of Chambers’ Editorial Committee and an Editor for the Ropewalk Personal Injury Blog.

Career

Called 2019.

Memberships

• Personal Injuries Bar Association
• UK Environmental Law Association
• UK Centre for Animal Law

Education

• BPTC (Outstanding), Nottingham Law School
• LLB (First Class), Open University

Personal

In her spare time, Abigail enjoys running, cycling, hiking and kayaking. She is a keen horsewoman.

Prior to joining the Bar, Abigail was a senior manager in a motorcycle dealership where she gained varied experience in commercial, employment and business matters.