Scott has a particular interest in business crime and appellate advocacy.
He is the author of a number of respected and frequently cited legal texts, including Search and Seizure Law in Canada (Carswell); Hutchison’s Search Warrant Manual, 2007 (Carswell); Computer Crime in Canada (with Robert Davis) and is one of the contributing authors of McWilliams Canadian Criminal Evidence (4th) (Canada Law Book).
Scott’s recent practice has included civil actions; injunction proceedings (including Anton Piller and Norwich Pharmacal orders), Supreme Court of Canada litigation, Charter of Rights appeals, various discipline committee matters and Ontario Securities Commission proceedings.
From 1989 to 2005, Scott was counsel at the Crown Law Office (Ontario) where he represented the Crown all levels of court, including hundreds of appearances in the Court of Appeal and numerous appeals in the Supreme Court of Canada
He is one of the Co-Chairs of the Osgoode Hall Professional Development Program National Symposium on Crime and the Corporation. Scott writes and teaches extensively and is a member of the adjunct faculty of Queen’s University Law School, where he teaches Trial Practice and Appellate Advocacy, and at Osgoode Hall Law School, where he teaches Advanced Evidence. He is a popular speaker on a variety of legal topics.
Scott was called to the bar in 1989, after serving his articles of clerkship with the Ontario Court of Appeal. He has been with Stockwoods since 2005.
He is regularly engaged to act pro bono for the Criminal Lawyers Association to intervene in the Supreme Court of Canada and has acted pro bono for a number of unrepresented accused seeking state-funded representation during the Legal Aid Boycott.
- Prosecution of Ottawa Mayor
- MacDonald v. CBC and Kinsella
Defending defamation action by neo-nazi sympathizer against CBC - ALS Society v. City of Windsor
Defending class action for City of Windsor where class is seeking repayment of fees authorized under the Criminal Code - R. v. Rutigliano
Defending OPP officer charged with obstruction of justice - CPSO v. Sazant
Acting for College of Physicians and Surgeons, successfully defending constitutional challenges to key investigative powers
- Co-Author, McWilliam's Canadian Criminal Evidence 4th Edition (looseleaf), Canada Law Book, 2003
- Author, Hutchison's Canadian Search Warrant Manual, Thomson-Carswell, 2004
- Author, Search and Seizure Law in Canada (looseleaf), Thomson-Carswell, 1991 (frequently cited by Supreme Court of Canada and appellate courts)
- Co-Author, The Law of Traffic Offences (3rd ed.), Thomson Carswell, 2011
- Co-Author, Computer Crime in Canada, Thomson Carswell, 1996
- Co-Author, The Presumption of Innocence, Thomson Carswell, 1987
- Numerous speaking engagements for judges, lawyers, and police
- Director of long standing and very popular “Symposium on Search and Seizure Law in Canada” (7th biannual set for January 2012)
- Adjunct professor, Queen’s University Law School, Trial Advocacy (LAW 361) and Trial Advocacy (LAW 351)
- Member, The Advocates’ Society
- Member, Criminal Lawyers’ Association
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, International Society for the Reform of the Criminal Law
- Queens University Law Students Society Award for Teaching Excellence, 2007
- Osgoode Hall Law School CLE Teaching Award, 2006
