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Hugh Scott
Professional
Background
Hugh Scott is the Director of Commercial Litigation at Speed and Stracey Lawyers. He has over 20 years experience as a commercial lawyer. His areas of specialisation are major commercial litigation including corporate prosecutions, dispute resolution and competition law. He is very "hands on" in acting for his clients.
Hugh's practice focuses on large-scale litigation (including major corporate prosecutions), commercial dispute resolution and competition law which requires trade practices and commercial expertise. He has comprehensive academic and practical qualifications in trade practices, equity and commercial issues.
Hugh has wide ranging experience in the Supreme Courts of New South Wales and Victoria, the Federal Court and the High Court of Australia. He has acted for parties involved in some of Australia's largest disputes and is highly regarded in the legal fraternity. He also has extensive experience acting for and representing interested participants in Royal Commissions and administrative inquiries and defending Corporations Act prosecutions.
Qualifications
1994 to present: Director, Speed and Stracey Lawyers
1990 - Master of Laws, University of Sydney
1986 - Lawyer, Speed and Stracey Lawyers
1985 - Bachelor of Commerce (Major Accounting)/Bachelor of Law, University of NSW
Recent Experience
Acting for successful appellant in landmark High Court case concerning directors and officers liability insurance.
Acting for a major participant in the HIH Royal Commission and in respect of ASIC investigations and prosecutions (achieving successful acquittals) and associated civil proceedings
Acting for a major participant in the Building and Construction Industry Royal Commission
Acting for Woolworths Limited in major commercial disputes and competition tribunal matters and commercial advices
Advising Westfield on trade practice and workplace relations Act and other issues
Acting personally for Judges of the Federal Court, New South Wales Court of Appeal and High Court
Advising and acting for one of the top 20 listed companies in a major taxation dispute
Acting for directors in the long-running Estate Mortgage litigation
Acting for major property developers and owners in large planning and equity litigation
Acting for Macquarie Generation, Australia's largest electricity supplier in a major Part IV restrictive trade practices action against the Rio Tinto Group in the Federal Court of Australia
Acting for Macquarie Generation, in large scale litigation in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the Court of Appeal against Novocoal Australia and Peabody Resources
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