Scott is a legal professional with experience across criminal law, commercial litigation, property law, and personal injury/insurance law. His career reflects a consistent focus on advocacy, case management, and achieving practical results for clients.

Harris Sushames

Scott began his career at Harris Sushames, initially as a law student before becoming a solicitor. Over three and a half years he gained experience in:

• Assisting senior criminal lawyers with complex cases, including serious drug offences, rape, and murder trials.
• Managing his own criminal law caseload, from minor traffic matters to serious assault and drug charges.
• Regular appearances in the Magistrates, District, and Supreme Courts.
• Running the firm’s commercial litigation files, acting for both individuals and commercial clients.
• Managing property law files and working with a conveyancer on residential transactions and contingent sale-purchase matters.

Dwyer Law Group

At Dwyer Law Group, Scott focused on personal injury and compensation law, handling matters from initial consultation to resolution. His responsibilities included:

• Managing a broad file load of personal injury, insurance, and compensation claims.
• Conducting client consultations and investigations.
• Collaborating with insurers, barristers, and mediators.
• Representing clients at compulsory conferences and mediations.
• Running litigated matters efficiently, progressing them to conference, mediation, or trial under the UCPR.
• Assessing liability, quantum, and evidence to provide clear advice and strategy.

Moray & Agnew

Scott then joined Moray & Agnew as a CTP specialist lawyer acting for major insurers. His work included:

• Defending claims ranging from minor injuries to catastrophic brain and psychological injuries.
• Representing insurers in cases involving unemployable claimants.
• Resolving claims through cost-effective settlements while identifying and contesting fraudulent claims at trial.
• Conducting mediations, ADR processes, and compulsory conferences, often without counsel.
• Advising on complex liability, contributory negligence, medical, and economic loss issues.

Shine Lawyers

Scott later moved to Shine Lawyers, a leading national firm specialising in personal injury and compensation law. There, he worked as a medical negligence lawyer, handling complex claims against healthcare providers, including doctors, surgeons, dentists, nurses, and hospitals. His responsibilities included:

• Investigating and prosecuting claims involving surgical negligence, misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis, prescription errors, birth injuries, nervous shock, and dependency claims from wrongful death.
• Reviewing clinical records and expert opinions to establish breach of duty and causation.
• Advising and supporting clients through sensitive matters involving permanent injury, disability, and loss.
• Drafting pleadings, statements of loss and damage, and briefs, and preparing cases for settlement or hearing.
• Negotiating outcomes that delivered meaningful compensation and accountability for clients.

Justice of the Peace (Qualified)

In 2013, while studying law, Scott became a Justice of the Peace (Qualified) and undertook duties at Southport Courthouse. His role involved witnessing and certifying documents, affidavits, statutory declarations, and mortgage/land-title documents, as well as issuing summonses and warrants.

Summary

Scott’s career has provided broad and practical legal experience across multiple areas of law. He has developed strong advocacy, negotiation, and case management skills, with a focus on delivering effective outcomes and supporting clients through complex and often challenging matters.