Events / Webinars
Wilberforce Civil Fraud Conference 2024
Wednesday 6th November 2024 | 12.30pm - 5.55pm, followed by drinks and canapés
The Westin London City
£145 + VAT | 3.75 CPD
View moreTiffany’s practice encompasses “business” litigation of all kinds, trusts and estates disputes, property litigation and professional liability claims. As a result of her solid grounding in chancery/commercial matters she is comfortable dealing with a wide range of cases. In all areas of her practice she can bring to bear considerable technical expertise and experience in relation to attacking and defending trust structures and in dealing with proprietary and equitable interests. She takes on complex civil fraud proceedings and asset recovery litigation, often with an international element, fund and partnership disputes and shareholder disputes.
She is one of the leading names at the Bar in her fields of practice and is described in the directories as being “just brilliant in Court”, a “tough and tenacious advocate”, “sharper than a scalpel when dissecting witnesses”, and also “extremely good at handling appeals”. She has appeared before Courts and Tribunals at all levels including the Supreme Court and the Privy Council and she enjoys “rolling up her sleeves” and working as part of a litigation team. She is well known for being pragmatic and commercial, for distilling complex points when advising and at Court, and for handling her cases and clients with care and efficiency. She is recognised for her meticulous preparation of cases, attention to detail and first-rate drafting skills. She takes care to explore issues with her clients and find strategic and creative ways to approach the various problems that arise in practice.
Tiffany is recommended by the directories as follows:
Commercial disputes
Tiffany has been recommended in this field by Chambers & Partners and Chambers Global for many years as a silk with a depth of experience in commercial chancery matters. She is “fierce when you need her to be fierce, just brilliant in Court and her legal mind is incredible”, “very assured, highly realistic and someone who can mange client expectations in difficult circumstances”. She is a “brilliant self-assured advocate who is a real asset to any team.”
She has experience in ‘business’ litigation of all kinds, onshore and offshore and multi-jurisdictional, including civil fraud and asset recovery, fund and partnership disputes, shareholder disputes, including s994 petitions, claims against fiduciaries, and claims arising out of insolvency.
Examples of casework:
Tiffany Scott is fantastic. An iron fist in a velvet glove.
Tiffany is an excellent advocate, her written advice is thorough and considered, she always looks at matters from every angle, ensuring that her clients are fully-prepared.
Very on top of the detail and someone with real clarity of thought, … she makes a fiercely complicated case seem a lot simpler than it is.
Tiffany is a superb advocate with an extraordinary grasp of all issues.
Tiffany is very good at getting to grips with technically challenging cases.
Events / Webinars
Wednesday 6th November 2024 | 12.30pm - 5.55pm, followed by drinks and canapés
The Westin London City
£145 + VAT | 3.75 CPD
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Thursday 8th June 2023 | 12.15pm - 5.55pm followed by drinks & canapés
The View at The Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3PE
£130 + VAT | 4.0 CPD
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Thursday 24 March 2022 | 9am - 5.20pm followed by drinks
Kimpton Fitzroy Russell Square (and online via Zoom), London
£195 + VAT | 5.0 CPD
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Wednesday 18 April 2018 | 12.30pm - 5.30pm followed by drinks
The Grange, 10 Godliman St, London EC4V 5AJ
£120 + VAT | 3.5 CPD
View moreCivil fraud and asset recovery
Tiffany’s practice encompasses a range of complex civil fraud proceedings and asset recovery litigation, often with an international element, in which she can bring to bear her considerable technical experience and expertise in relation to attacking and defending trust structures and in dealing with proprietary and equitable interests. She has advised and represented clients in various dishonest assistance, deceit, breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment claims over her many years in practice, involving restitutionary remedies and change of position defences, including acting for Credit Agricole Indosuez in the Niru Battery Manufacturing v Milestone Trading & Ors litigation, both at first instance and in the Court of Appeal, acting for Vivian Imerman in a high-profile dispute with Robert Tchenguiz regarding the breakdown of a joint venture, and acting for the Duke of Norfolk in Fitzalan-Howard v Hibbert, a dishonest assistance claim arising out of the demise of Erinaceous Group.
Her work in this field includes heavy interim applications for freezing and proprietary injunctions, disclosure orders, orders for service out of the jurisdiction and jurisdiction challenges and contempt proceedings.
Examples of casework:
Tiffany Scott is fantastic. An iron fist in a velvet glove.
Tiffany is an excellent advocate, her written advice is thorough and considered, she always looks at matters from every angle, ensuring that her clients are fully-prepared.
Very on top of the detail and someone with real clarity of thought, … she makes a fiercely complicated case seem a lot simpler than it is.
Tiffany is a superb advocate with an extraordinary grasp of all issues.
Tiffany is very good at getting to grips with technically challenging cases.
Events / Webinars
Wednesday 6th November 2024 | 12.30pm - 5.55pm, followed by drinks and canapés
The Westin London City
£145 + VAT | 3.75 CPD
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Thursday 8th June 2023 | 12.15pm - 5.55pm followed by drinks & canapés
The View at The Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3PE
£130 + VAT | 4.0 CPD
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Thursday 24 March 2022 | 9am - 5.20pm followed by drinks
Kimpton Fitzroy Russell Square (and online via Zoom), London
£195 + VAT | 5.0 CPD
View moreExternal Conferences
Tuesday 2 November 2021 | 9am - 5;30pm followed by a drinks reception
Merchant Taylors Hall, London,
Speakers:
Tim Penny KC | Alan Gourgey KC | Tiffany Scott KC | Rachael Earle | Jack Watson
Professional liability
Tiffany has a well established reputation in the area of professional liability having been recommended in this field by The Legal 500 for many years, which describes her as “an incisive and bright silk”, “a first-rate advocate” and “very persuasive and adaptable on her feet”. She undertakes a wide variety of professional negligence work, whether acting for claimants or for the insured, in claims against solicitors, barristers, accountants, trustees, surveyors, construction professionals, finance practitioners (including pension advisers) and insurance brokers.
Much of her work in this area is property or trust related but she also has experience of a variety of cases with a financial services element including claims arising out of poor investment advice or mis-selling and other related actions requiring analysis of the performance of investments for the purpose of assessing damages.
Examples of casework:
Tiffany Scott is fantastic. An iron fist in a velvet glove.
Tiffany is an excellent advocate, her written advice is thorough and considered, she always looks at matters from every angle, ensuring that her clients are fully-prepared.
Very on top of the detail and someone with real clarity of thought, … she makes a fiercely complicated case seem a lot simpler than it is.
Tiffany is a superb advocate with an extraordinary grasp of all issues.
Tiffany is very good at getting to grips with technically challenging cases.
Events / Webinars
Friday 18 June 2021 | 9am - 10am
Online, Zoom
1.0 CPD
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Thursday 31 January 2019 | 8.30am - 1.00pm followed by lunch
One Moorgate Place, Chartered Accountants Hall, London EC2R 6EA
£75 + VAT | 3.0 CPD
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Wednesday 17 October 2018 | 4:00 pm - 6:15 pm followed by drinks.
Double Tree by Hilton, Granary Wharf, 2 Wharf Approach, Leeds LS1 4BR
£25 + VAT | 2.0 CPD
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Wednesday 31 January 2018 | 8:30am -1.10pm followed by lunch and refreshments
The Brewery, 52 Chiswell St, London EC1Y 4SD
£75 + VAT | 3.5 CPD
View moreProperty
Tiffany is a well-known property litigator and deals with all aspects of property litigation. Much of her casework is confidential and includes the following areas:
Tiffany has experience before all Courts and Tribunals and frequently handles applications for freezing injunctions and disclosure orders. She appeared in the Supreme Court in May 2019 in Sequent Nominees Ltd v Hautford Ltd [2019] UKSC 47 [2020] A.C. 28, a case concerning reasonableness of withholding consent.
Tiffany is Chair of the Property Bar Association and co-edits the chapter of Hill and Redman’s Law of Landlord and Tenant dealing with maintenance of the fabric of the premises.
She has been ranked in this field for many years by The Legal 500 and by Chambers & Partners. She is recognised in the directories for having an excellent grasp of complex valuation matters, being excellent at handling appeals and being quick to get to the heart of a problem and and presenting complicated advice in a simple and client-friendly way.
Examples of casework:
Tiffany Scott is fantastic. An iron fist in a velvet glove.
Tiffany is an excellent advocate, her written advice is thorough and considered, she always looks at matters from every angle, ensuring that her clients are fully-prepared.
Very on top of the detail and someone with real clarity of thought, … she makes a fiercely complicated case seem a lot simpler than it is.
Tiffany is a superb advocate with an extraordinary grasp of all issues.
Tiffany is very good at getting to grips with technically challenging cases.
External Conferences
Thursday 30th April 2024
Doubletree by Hilton, Leeds
Speakers:
Tiffany Scott KC
Events / Webinars
Thursday 15th June 2023 | 3.15pm - 6pm, followed by drinks and pool at Pinnacle
Leeds Marriott
Free to attend | 1.75 CPD
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Wednesday 14th June 2023 | 3.15pm - 6pm, followed by drinks and shuffleboard at Box Deansgate
The Edwardian Manchester (A Radisson Collection Hotel)
Free to attend | 1.75 CPD
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Wilberforce Chambers congratulates Tiffany Scott KC on her appointment as Chair of the Property Bar Association. The appointment is a year’s term of office and Tiffany can stand for re-election twice.
Monday 7 November 2022
View moreTrusts, probate and estates: contentious
Tiffany is a member of STEP and she deals with all aspects of trusts and probate work – contentious and non-contentious, offshore, onshore and multi-jurisdictional. She has been recommended as a leading name in this field (including for her offshore work) by The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners for many years.
Much of her casework in this field is confidential. Her general areas of practice include:
Examples of casework:
Tiffany Scott is fantastic. An iron fist in a velvet glove.
Tiffany is an excellent advocate, her written advice is thorough and considered, she always looks at matters from every angle, ensuring that her clients are fully-prepared.
Very on top of the detail and someone with real clarity of thought, … she makes a fiercely complicated case seem a lot simpler than it is.
Tiffany is a superb advocate with an extraordinary grasp of all issues.
She provides very strong, technical and focussed trust advice. She has also been very understanding of clients’ needs.
Events / Webinars
Wednesday 6th November 2024 | 12.30pm - 5.55pm, followed by drinks and canapés
The Westin London City
£145 + VAT | 3.75 CPD
View moreExternal Conferences
Tuesday 12th March 2024
Charles Russell Speechlys, Guildford
Speakers:
Fenner Moeran KC | Tiffany Scott KC | Elizabeth Houghton
Events / Webinars
Monday 23 January 2023 | 9am - 5.45pm followed by drinks and dinner
InterContinental Hotel (and online via Zoom), InterContinental Hotel, One Hamilton Place, Park Lane, Mayfair, London W1J 7QY
£360 + VAT/£299 + VAT | 6.0 CPD
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To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Tiffany Scott KC. In Parsons v Reid [2022] EWHC 755 (Ch) executors of William Reid (“the Testator”) had issued proceedings seeking an order permitting them to... Read more
By Tiffany Scott KC
Wednesday 31 August 2022
Registered name: Miss Tiffany Anne Scott KC
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