Lucy Scott-Moncrieff
Lucy qualified as a solicitor in 1978, and has worked in the fields of mental health and human rights law ever since. She is a member of the Law Society's Mental Health & Disability Committee and its Access to Justice Committee, having previously chaired both committees. In 2005 Lucy was awarded the Mental Health Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year award, and two years later her firm was short listed for the Law Society's award for Excellence in Innovation. Lucy is a director of Edge Training Limited, a company that offers training on the law to the purchasers and providers of health and social care, and a member of the QC Appointments Panel. She is also a commissioner with the Royal Mail regulator Postcomm. Lucy is on the editorial boards of the Community care law reports and the Journal of mental health law and has written and broadcast regularly on legal issues over the years. For Verita she has chaired a high-profile mental health investigation into the care and treatment of Daniel Gonzales. She is currently reviewing the death of a young woman during a routine gynaecological operation.
