Events / Webinars
Civil Fraud Conference 2023
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
View moreTiffany is an experienced advocate with a broad chancery/commercial practice with particular technical expertise in trusts and estates disputes, property litigation and professional liability claims. She has experience in ‘business’ litigation of all kinds, often with an international element, including civil fraud and asset recovery, fund and partnership disputes, shareholder disputes, claims against fiduciaries, and claims arising out of insolvency.
She enjoys working as part of a litigation team and is recognised for being “a very able chancery practitioner, a good advocate and an excellent team member” (Chambers & Partners), as well as for her meticulous preparation of cases, attention to detail and first- rate drafting skills. Her “attention to detail is second to none” (The Legal 500). She takes care to explore issues with her clients and find creative ways to approach the various problems that arise in practice. Her clients range from major infrastructure providers, investment banks and high net worth individuals to charities and those who need representation on a pro bono basis.
Tiffany is Chair of the Property Bar Association.
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. The 2021/2022 directories state that she is noted for her calm and confident client management and practical approach to advisory matters.
She has experience in ‘business’ litigation of all kinds, often with an international element, including civil fraud and asset recovery, fund and partnership disputes, shareholder disputes, including s994 petitions, claims against fiduciaries, and claims arising out of insolvency.
She undertakes a variety of cases with a financial services element including claims arising out of poor investment advice or mis-selling, professional negligence claims in the financial services field and other related actions (such as actions by trustees or against pension providers) requiring analysis of the performance of investments for the purpose of assessing damages.
She has experience dealing with claims requiring consideration of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and the Conduct of Business Rules and she has also, over the years, dealt with claims involving previous regulatory regimes including the rules of FIMBRA, the Personal Investment Authority, and LAUTRO.
2021 cases include:
Earlier cases include:
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
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 the years, 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 for purchasing and operating Whyte & Mackay, 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 frequently involves interim applications for freezing and proprietary injunctions, disclosure orders, orders for service out of the jurisdiction and jurisdiction challenges and contempt proceedings. In November 2021 Tiffany spoke at Thought Leaders 4 FIRE – QC Surgery: Fraud on the subject of freezing and proprietary injunctions.
2021 and ongoing casework includes:
Earlier cases include:
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
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
Events / Webinars
Tuesday 17 September 2019 | 4pm - 6.30pm followed by drinks and a dinner buffet
Kimpton Seafire Resort, 60 Tanager Way, Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman,
2.0 CPD
View moreProfessional liability
Tiffany has an established reputation in the area of professional liability having been recommended in this field by The Legal 500 for many years. 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 undertakes 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.
She has experience dealing with claims requiring consideration of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and the Conduct of Business Rules and she has also, over the years, dealt with claims involving previous regulatory regimes including the rules of FIMBRA, the Personal Investment Authority, and LAUTRO.
2021 and ongoing casework includes:
Recent cases include:
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 and advisory work including:
She appeared in the Supreme Court in May 2019 in Sequent Nominees Ltd v Hautford Ltd [2019] UKSC 47 [2020] A.C. 28, the latest word on 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.
Casework during 2021 and ongoing includes:
Earlier cases include:
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
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
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Jonathan Seitler KC | Joanne Wicks KC | Julian Greenhill KC | Tiffany Scott KC | Benjamin Faulkner | Jonathan Chew | Daniel Scott | Francesca Mitchell | Daniel Petrides
March 2022
Trusts, 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 by The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners for many years.
She is well-known for being “just brilliant in Court” (Chambers & Partners) “a great advocate”, and “excellent when cross-examining” (The Legal 500), and for being “extremely good at handling appeals”. The legal directories further comment that she is “fierce when you need her to be fierce… her legal mind is incredible”, “a tough and tenacious advocate”, “a ferocious litigator cross-examiner”, that “her style is effective as she is ruthless, yet never over the top, when exposing the limitations of her opponent’s case”, and that she “knows how to give the other side a good kicking”.
She has appeared before Courts and Tribunals at all levels, including the Privy Council. She appeared in the Supreme Court in May 2019 in Sequent Nominees Ltd (formerly Rotrust Nominees Ltd) v Hautford Limited [2020] A.C.28, a case concerning the exercise of contractual discretions.
Her general areas of practice include:
2021 and ongoing casework includes:
Recent casework includes:
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
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
External Conferences
Tuesday 24 May 2022
Jersey & Guernsey,
Speakers:
Robert Ham KC | Tiffany Scott KC | Tom Roscoe
Events / Webinars
Tuesday 29 June 2021 | 9:15am - 10:15am
Online, Zoom
1.0 CPD
View moreRegistered name: Miss Tiffany Anne Scott KC
VAT number: 743666314