Paul Scott
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Band 4 : Construction
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Provided by Paul Scott
Practice Areas
Paul is a Partner in Trowers & Hamlins' Disputes Resolution department, based in Birmingham.
Paul heads up the contentious construction practice in Birmingham, and specialises in the resolution of construction and engineering disputes, through litigation, adjudication, arbitration, and ADR.
Paul is vastly experienced in advising contractors, subcontractors, developers, housebuilders, and local authority clients on all manner of construction and engineering disputes, and very familiar with all standard forms of contract.
Paul has significant recent experience of acting in a number of complex multi-party disputes relating to building fire safety in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower disaster; bringing professional negligence claims against a number of construction industry professionals; and acting for contractors and subcontractors in numerous adjudications.
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Paul Scott is the head of Trowers & Hamlins' contentious construction group in Birmingham. He specialises in advising contractors, subcontractors, developers, housebuilders and local authority clients on construction and engineering disputes, through litigation, adjudication, arbitration and ADR.
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"Paul provided us with an excellent level of service from start to finish and achieved the result we needed."
"Paul is the complete package. He brings his obvious intelligence and experience to bear on any matter before him, always ensuring he is commercial."
"He is very proactive. Paul is quick to react, astute, picks up points quickly and is extremely thorough and collaborative."
"Paul provided us with an excellent level of service from start to finish and achieved the result we needed."
"Paul is the complete package. He brings his obvious intelligence and experience to bear on any matter before him, always ensuring he is commercial."
"He is very proactive. Paul is quick to react, astute, picks up points quickly and is extremely thorough and collaborative."