Gretel Scott

Practice Overview

Since taking tenancy in October 2022, Gretel has been instructed on a 7-day art law trial in the High Court (led by Andrew Onslow KC), an appeal to the Supreme Court on standing in bankruptcy law (Brake v Chedington Court Estate Ltd, led by Andrew Sutcliffe KC and  William Day), and a 5-week trial concerning a joint venture and allegations of fraud in the High Court (led by Andrew Onslow KC and Kate Holderness). Gretel is also instructed in several matters as sole counsel (advisory and in court) and welcomes instructions unled.

Gretel is a former solicitor with a keen academic interest in the Law. In 2020-2021, Gretel was the judicial assistant to Lord Briggs in the Supreme Court where she was exposed to  a wide variety of cases including researching points of general commercial, trusts, tax, public and shipping law. As part of her experience as a judicial assistant, in April 2022 Gretel spent a week in Washington D.C. visiting the US Supreme Court and other US federal and state courts, organised by the American Inns of Court Foundation with funding from the Pegasus Scholarship Trust.

Gretel trained as a solicitor at Slaughter and May (2016-2018) with a secondment to Hengeler Mueller in Düsseldorf (2017), and qualified into the Disputes and Investigations team (2018). As an associate, Gretel worked on a range of high-value commercial disputes, including acting for a German truck manufacturer defending (ongoing) competition follow-on damages claims and collective proceedings in the Competition Appeal Tribunal, insurance disputes, and a bribery and corruption investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. She was part of the data protection working group and is interested in innovation and emerging technologies.

Outside work, Gretel enjoys playing in an orchestra, sailing and spending time outdoors.