John Bett

Information about the specialist

johnbett@lindsays.co.uk

Practice Areas

Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution and Litigation team, John acts in a wide range of contentious commercial contract, property and debt recovery matters. He is also particularly experienced in director disputes and cross border litigation.

John‘s extensive commercial property litigation experience extends to dilapidations disputes, breach of missives, recovery of arrears of rent, enforcement of keep open clauses and obtaining orders for the removal of unauthorised occupiers.

He is regularly instructed in proceedings before the Commercial Courts of the Sheriff Courts and the Court of Session, being involved in some of the more significant proceedings to call before the Court. He is also experienced in mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.

John’s team assists clients with all aspects of the debt recovery process, from pre-litigation through to court proceedings and enforcement. He also acts in insolvency matters, regularly securing appointments and pursuing claims on behalf of insolvency practitioners.

John advises private individuals, insolvency practitioners and SMEs to public sector organisations, major Scottish based companies and multi-nationals.