His high profile clients led him to becoming one of the highest paid barristers in the UK, commanding the first £1 million brief.
His father, Frank Bertram Scrivener was a shopkeeper and ironmonger and his mother was Edna Isabella Agnes, née Mather.
[4] Scrivener's clients included notable individuals such as Sir Richard Branson, Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four, Jack Lyons of the Guinness Four, Lee Clegg, Ken Livingstone, Joseph Lyons Asil Nadir, Tony Martin, Peter Godber, Dame Shirley Porter and Winston Silcott.
Despite this, he was a strong supporter of legal aid, and included pro bono work in his practice.
[1] Scrivener married three times; to Sheila Mary Arnott (1958), to Irén Becze (1964) and to Ying Hui Tan, a barrister (1993).