Accident at work
Accidents & illnesses abroad
Brain injury
Defective premises
Fatal accident
Head injury
Road accident
Spinal cord injury
Sport injury
About Scott Rigby
Scott is recognised as one of the leading international injury and travel lawyers in the UK. Hugely experienced, he has recovered over £100m in damages for his clients. He represented the claimant in the landmark case of Wall v Mutuelle de Poitiers Assurances.
Scott’s expertise spans a broad range of international serious/catastrophic personal injury cases including adventure, sports and leisure accidents, European and international road traffic accidents and holiday claims and disputes.
He is also experienced in international recoveries, subrogation and insurance issues, travel insurance policy disputes.
Scott is well-versed in travel and tourism law, consumer travel issues, package travel regulations and international conventions including Montreal and Athens. His private international law expertise includes cases involving the Brussels Regulations and Convention, and Rome I and II Regulations.
Scott is recognised as a leading travel law / international injury lawyer by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, the two leading independent legal journals:
“Scott is super knowledgeable, very calm under pressure, very measured, very meticulous.”
“Scott put clients at ease with his ability to intuitively tune into their concerns, offering the perfect balance of knowledge and bedside manner.”
“Scott is excellent. He deals with the most complex work and get fantastic results for his clients”.
Scott is an APIL accredited international injury specialist and assessor. He also holds the APIL spinal cord injury and APIL brain injury specialist accreditations. He is a member of the Travel and Tourism Lawyers Association, APIL, Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers and United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum.
Scott qualified as a solicitor in 2003 having trained at Leigh Day. He joined Stewarts in 2006 and became a partner in 2013.