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Scott Allen
Position
Experienced in professional indemnity, commercial litigation, insurance work, construction disputes, disciplinary and regulatory disputes, general Chancery work and information technology disputes.
Career
Qualified 2000, Inner Temple; pupillage 4 New Square 2000, tenancy 2001; assistant editor of ‘Jackson & Powell on Professional Negligence’ and ‘Human Rights and Civil Practice’.
Memberships
Commercial Bar Association; Professional Negligence Bar Association.
Education
Sandown High School; Oriel College, Oxford (BA Hons Jurisprudence, 1998, 1st class).
Leisure
All kinds of sport (especially adrenalin sports), keeping fit and active. Rationalist philosophy. Spending as much time as possible with his identical twin boys.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Scott Allen –4 New Square ‘A quick thinker on his feet, and he is able to read the court well.’
4 New Square is ‘a go-to set for disciplinary and regulatory work‘, primarily in white-collar professional services. Graeme McPherson KC is sought out to defend proceedings brought against barristers by the Bar Standards Board, while also in legal regulation Ben Hubble KC‘s recent experience includes successfully acting for former Law Society president David Greene, who was cleared of misconduct by the SDT in December 2022. The practice of 2022-appointed silk Helen Evans KC incorporates high-profile Financial Reporting Council proceedings, having represented a KMPG audit partner who carried out the 2016 audit of noted PFI company Carillion shortly before its high-profile collapse. Turning to the set’s juniors, Scott Allen appears regularly in the SDT, as well as disciplinary fora for accountancy and tax professionals.
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Scott Allen –4 New Square ‘A fighter.’