Scott Ashby

Practice Areas

Scott Ashby is a Partner and expert in professional liability, regulation and insurance of solicitors and accountants.

Scott has a wealth of experience in defending a wide variety of claims and regulatory complaints against lawyers and accountants. He has acted for major national and international firms including a number of Top 200 UK law firms and small and medium sized professional services businesses and sole practitioners.

Scott's experience spans defending multi-million-pound claims in the High Court and the Court of Appeal to lower value County Court proceedings as well as complaints to Ombudsman services such as the Legal Ombudsman. He is experienced in all forms of ADR, including mediation.

Scott frequently advises on regulatory and compliance matters and has defended professional clients subject to interventions, investigations and formal disciplinary proceedings brought by their regulators including the SRA and the ICAEW.

Scott is an expert in professional indemnity insurance and is frequently instructed to advise on policy coverage disputes.

Career

Reed Smith LLP – Trainee Solicitor (February 2007 – February 2009); Beale & Company Solicitors LLP – Solicitor (February 2009 – March 2012); Associate (April 2012 – March 2017); Partner (April 2017 – March 2020); RPC – Partner (March 2020 – Present).