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Colin Hutton

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English

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Colin Hutton has over 25 years' experience in dispute avoidance and resolution. He is dual qualified and advises on both English and Scots law matters, including litigations, arbitrations and mediations. He has significant experience working with energy and climate change and financial services sector clients. He also advises on shareholder disputes and disputes relating to corporate transactions, including misrepresentation, fraud and bribery issues.

Colin specialises in the project management of the dispute resolution process. He is a keen advocate of alternative dispute resolution and regularly uses mediation to effectively resolve disputes. Colin is a member of the CMS Cyber Breach team and regularly leads on assisting clients with managing data breaches. He has a specific interest in the increase in collective redress and its significance in relation to data protection and ESG issues.

Awards & Recognitions

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"Colin is a very professional, no-nonsense and very honest individual who is confident, very hard-working and above all listens to the client's needs."

Chambers UK, 2025
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"He is excellent: strategic, tactical and responsive."

Chambers UK, 2025
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"Colin Hutton is a very experienced and very measured, thoughtful lawyer. He'll explain things as they are, giving us the ramifications, and will establish what was a good result. He's very impressive."

Chambers UK, 2025
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"Colin Hutton is a market leader in his field. He's innovative, strategic and personable. Clients love him too."

Chambers UK, 2025
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"He is a strong and innovative practitioner."

Chambers & Partners, 2021
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"He is very good - very easy to communicate with and very sensible even when he has a difficult message to impart."

Chambers & Partners, 2021
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"One of the leading banking litigators in Scotland."

Chambers & Partners, 2021
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"Colin Hutton is one of the finest strategic litigators of his generation: he leads a strong team of highly motivated, technically brilliant associates, all committed to delivering their client's objectives."

Legal 500, 2025
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"He is an excellent lawyer who is focused on practical solutions."

Chambers & Partners, 2021
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"Colin Hutton combines commercial nous, legal ability and skilful management of the litigation team."

Legal 500, 2025

Relevant experience

Energy dispute: a global oil & gas exploration and production company in successfully obtaining interim orders to prevent breach of confidence.
Banking dispute: a UK clearing Bank in leading case on break charges in fixed rate products.
Corporate transaction: minority shareholders in successfully opposing £30m unfair prejudice claim.
Energy dispute: major UK energy company in relation to £100m insurance claim following turbine blade liberation event.
Banking dispute: a major UK bank in relation to a significant dispute involving the alleged fraudulent use of a power of attorney.
Corporate transaction: a major manufacturing company in relation to a £5m claim in respect of a claim for loss of profits relating to the purchase of a paper brand.
Energy dispute: successfully resolving trademark and copyright infringement claims against UK oil services company.
Banking dispute: UK clearing bank in £10m misselling claim.
Corporate transaction: successfully defending £10m claim for alleged breach of licence agreements relating to online booking software.

Education

1995 - Dip LP, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
1994 - LLB (Hons), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Practice Areas

Technology Disputes Energy Disputes Financial Regulatory Disputes Banking & Finance Dispute Resolution Commercial Disputes Alternative Dispute Resolution Cyber Corporate Crime, Compliance and Forensics Class Actions

sectors

Energy & Climate Change Defendant Personal Injury

Insights

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