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Chris Scott
Partner

Office: 0844 8000 263
Mobile: 07957 434321
Fax: 0844 8000 264
chris.scott@taylors.co.uk

Service Area:
Insolvency
Real Estate
Construction and Engineering
County Court and High Court Litigation
Commercial Arbitration, Adjudication and Tribunal

Role
Our construction team, headed by Partner, Chris Scott, has an established reputation for ensuring that documentation is right first time and for pursuing disputes to successful conclusions should the need arise.

Chris has over 20 years of experience in construction work. He has in-depth experience of diverse, large value and complex litigation matters in the County Court, High Court, Technology and Construction Court, Commercial Arbitration, Adjudication and Tribunal.

Chris has particular expertise in acting for businesses in the construction industry, advising on a wide range of issues from contracts, adjudication, employee issues and insolvency and has acted for insurers including Norwich Union, QBE and Lloyds Syndicates. He therefore understands first hand the problems which can arise.
We fully appreciate the commercial requirements and realities and above all our aim is to provide a pragmatic and specialist service dealing with all aspects of construction work for property developers, contractors, consultants, funders, purchasers and tenants. Our client base includes employers, contractors, sub-contractors, designers and occupiers who receive prompt and practical advice about their construction and engineering projects, ranging from minor works to PFI and PPP.

Chris’ reputation is built upon a sound, realistic and commercial background. Our team also benefits from the ability to call upon the wide range of complementary legal services offered by the firm, enabling us to provide bespoke packages to our clients. Above all, our aim is to provide a comprehensive “one stop shop” dealing with all aspects of construction work for all of our clients. The services include:

• Procurement
• Contract drafting and approval
• Project planning and tendering
• Dispute resolution, including mediation and expert determination
• Adjudication
• Arbitration and litigation
• Professional terms of engagement
• Bonds
• Warranties
• Guarantees and sureties
• Letters of intent
• Claims avoidance
• Infrastructure projects
• Project funding

Education
BA, Brunel College, 1978
College of Law, Lancastergate
Leeds Metropolitan University, Advanced Professional Diploma

Other Distinctions/Professional Memberships

• Member of the Society of Construction Law
• AICA
• Insolvency Practitioner
• R3 Member
• Advisory Board member of UCLAN Business School
• Trustee of Prescap
• Advisory Board Member of the Preston Tram Project
• Member of the Construction Power Group
• Advisory Member of the North West Construction Knowledge Hub

Profile
Born in the North East, Chris now lives in Preston with his wife and two children, where he has spent most of his career. A keen football fan, Chris holds a Sunderland FC season ticket and makes a point of watching as many of their games as his work commitments allow.

He joined Taylors in 2011 from DWF LLP’s Construction and Engineering Division of their Real Estate Practice, after spending 5 years building Preston and Manchester based Ricksons, which merged with DWF LLP in 2007.

Ten Things About... Chris

• What’s your favourite film?
  The Quiet Man
   
• What was your first job?
  Excluding the compulsory paper round (which everyone did in my era) I worked in the warehouse for the Co-op.
   
• What do you do at weekends?
  Watch the kids do sport, watch the Mrs spend our money,
  watch Sunderland AFC or any other football going and spend time in the Lake District
   
• What was the first record you ever bought?
  Tokoloshie Man by John Kongos
   
• Who’s your hero and why?
  If I have/had one, it would be my Grandad - boy soldier, Jarrow marcher, mayor, alderman freeman, MP. He loved a good argument, family gatherings (men only) in his front room every Sunday
   
• What car do you drive?
  Mercedes CLK
   
• If you weren’t a lawyer, what would you have been?
  Electrical Engineer
   
• What book are you currently reading?
  Just finished a novel about the Mogul Empire
   
• If you were stranded on a desert island, what two luxury items would you take?
  A digital radio and a dozen crates of Champagne (all on one pallet) or if not, Sky TV
   
• If a movie was being made about your life, which actor would play you? Sean Bean- he’d need to change his accent though