Gretel Scott

Gretel Scott

Call: 2021

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.

  • Advising on a contractual dispute arising out of a development management agreement for a construction project
  • 5-week trial in the High Court, Chancery Division (led by Andrew Onslow KC and Kate Holderness) concerning a joint venture and allegations of fraud in a property investment [2023] EWHC 265 (Ch)
  • 10-day trial in the High Court (Chancery Division) acting for Mr Tinkler in his claim to set aside for fraud the judgment obtained by Esken Limited (formerly Stobart Group Limited) [2022] EWHC 1375 (Ch) (as a pupil, supervised by James McWilliams)
  • Andrew v Flywheel IT Services Ltd (Commercial Court [2021] EWHC 3746 (Comm) – resisting a stay of execution of a judgment debt (as a pupil, with Andrew Onslow KC)
  • Acting for a German truck manufacturer defending (ongoing) competition follow-on damages claims and collective proceedings in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (as a solicitor)
  • Resisting a strike out for a limitation bar in a group litigation claim under section 90A FSMA (as a pupil, with Peter de Verneuil Smith KC)
  • Guy v Foster (Commercial Court, ongoing, led by William Day) – acting for the purchaser of a rural estate and wedding business in Dorset in an £18m deceit claim against the seller
  • 5-week trial in the High Court, Chancery Division (led by Andrew Onslow KC and Kate Holderness) concerning a joint venture and allegations of fraud in a property investment [2023] EWHC 265 (Ch)
  • 10-day trial in the High Court (Chancery Division) acting for Mr Tinkler in his claim to  set aside for fraud the judgment obtained by Esken Limited (formerly Stobart Group Limited) [2022] EWHC 1375 (Ch) (as a pupil, supervised by James McWilliams)
  • Brake and another (Respondents) v Chedington Court Estate Ltd (Appellant) (judgment awaited) – appeal to the Supreme Court (led by Andrew Sutcliffe KC and William Day) concerning standing under section 303(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986
  • Gretel has appeared in the Companies Court on a winding up petition
  • Application to set aside a statutory demand
  • 7-day trial in the High Court, Chancery Division (led by Andrew Onslow KC) acting for the trustees of the Wemyss Heirlooms Trust concerning a claim in professional negligence against an art dealer [2022] EWHC 3091
  • Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd [2020] EWHC 2448 (Comm) – acting for one of the defendant insurers in a test case under the Financial Markets Test Case Scheme concerning business interruption insurance and Covid-19 (as a solicitor)

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