 Scoble was educated at the City of London School and was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1856.From 1870 to 1877, he served as the Advocate-General of Bombay, in which capacity he appeared regularly before the Bombay courts and served as an "ex-officio" member of the Bombay Legislative Council.He also served a one-year term as Dean of Law at the University of Bombay in 1871 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1876.