Lucy scott moncrieff biography of christopher columbus
Lucy Scott-Moncrieff
British lawyer
Lucy Ann Scott-MoncrieffCBE (born March ) is a British lawyer and a former House of Lords commissioner for standards. She specialises in mental health and human rights law.
Early and personal life
Scott-Moncrieff was born in March [1] in Aldershot, Hampshire.
She was educated at Guildford College. She studied Law at the University of Kent from to [2] She attended the College of Law, Guildford, at the University of Law.[3]
Scott-Moncrieff lives in North West London.[4]
Career
Scott-Moncrieff qualified in In she joined a sub-committee dealing with the first Law Society specialist panel.[5] She had roles in criminal law at the London firms Offenbach and Bradbury.[3]
Scott-Moncrieff founded the solicitors' firm Scott-Moncrieff & Associates Ltd in ,[6] "as she wanted the flexibility of self-employment to combine work with motherhood".[7] It was the first virtual solicitors' firm in the world, in which all the lawyers are self-employed consultants working from home or their own offices.[8] At the time, Scott-Moncrieff was starting to specialise in mental health and human rights law.
Lucy scott moncrieff biography of christopher columbus Succeeded by Martin Jelley Akbar Khan. He was the son of Dominico Colombo and Susanna Fontanarossa, growing up in a household with four siblings: three brothers and a sister. She is a member of the Bach Commission on Access to Justice. Aldershot , Hampshire , England.She is managing director of the firm.[7]
She spent most of her career representing mentally disordered offenders detained in high secure hospitals.[8]
She was elected to the Law Society Council in January She was President of The Law Society from to , and then chaired its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee for five years.[5]
Scott-Moncrieff has been a Mental Health Act commissioner and a founder member of the QC Appointments Panel, and was a commissioner at the Postal Services Commission from to [7]
Scott-Moncrieff was appointed House of Lords Commissioner for Standards for five years beginning on 1 June The role was openly advertised.
She succeeded Paul Kernaghan.[9]
In December she was appointed to the members' advisory board of mutual Wesleyan.[10]
She is a former patron of the Kent Law Campaign, to raise funds for the Wigoder Law Building at the University of Kent.[2]
Martin Jelley and Akbar Khan took over from her as House of Lords Commissioner for Standards from 1 June and 1 July respectively.[11]
Scott-Moncrieff was accused by peers of using "bullying" letters to persuade them to attend a course to combat bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment.[4]
In July , The Telegraph reported that Scott-Moncrieff had been engaged in a legal battle with the freeholder at her home in North West London after she built a wild swimming pond.[4]
Scott-Moncrieff is Co-Chair of the Legal Aid and Access to Justice Committee of the International Bar Association.
She has been a commissioner with the Judicial Appointments Committee.[7] She is a mental health tribunal judge.[3] She also sits as a judge for the Court of Protection. She is a member of the Bach Commission on Access to Justice. She is an associate with Verita, which carries out investigations on behalf of public bodies.[7]
Awards and honours
In Scott-Moncrieff was named "Mental Health Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year".[2]
In Scott-Moncrieff was made an Honorary Doctor of Laws at the University of Kent.[2]
In she won the Association of Women Solicitors award for best manager of a legal aid practice.
She was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year Honours for services to legal aid.[12]
In October Scott-Moncrieff was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award" by The Law Society for "her outstanding contribution to the legal profession".[7]