MILITARY CLAIMS - Key Persons
Adam is a solicitor advocate, and regularly appear in the High Court and Court of Appeal dealing with some of the most complex and interesting public law and committal cases.
He litigates across a broad range of areas of public law and civil law disputes ranging from contempts, immigration, asylum, and other challenges to government decisions via judicial review.
He is the only solicitor advocate to be appointed to both the Home Office review panel for immigration cases, and the panel of advocates, representing the Home Office in the First Tier Tribunal.
In 2014 Adam was recognised as solicitor advocate of the year at the Law Society Excellence awards, and in 2017 was highly commended. In 2018 he presented the award on behalf of SAHCA.
He is the former Chair of the Solicitors Association of Higher Court Advocates, the only organisation representing solicitor advocates and their views. He is also the Chief Assessor of the immigration accreditation scheme and also a principle trainer for AMT Training solutions.
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Experience
Adam is a solicitor advocate, and regularly appear in the High Court and Court of Appeal dealing with some of the most complex and interesting public law cases.
He litigates across a broad range of areas of public law and civil law disputes ranging from contempts, immigration, asylum, and other challenges to government decisions via judicial review.
He is the only solicitor advocate to be appointed to both the Home Office review panel for immigration cases, and the panel of advocates, representing the Home Office in the First Tier Tribunal.
In 2014 Adam was recognised as solicitor advocate of the year at the Law Society Excellence awards, and in 2017 was highly commended. In 2018 he presented the award on behalf of SAHCA.
He is the Chair of the Solicitors Association of Higher Court Advocates, the only organisation representing solicitor advocates and their views. He is also the Chief Assessor of the immigration accreditation scheme and also a principle trainer for AMT Training solutions.
Education
2000: Bar Vocational Course
1998 - 2000: Law Degree 2:1 (Hons)
‘Calm, industrious and reliable' is what Legal 500 said in 2013, and "fearless" in 2018. Adam has again been highly recommended by Legal 500 2013, 2014, 2015 and in 2018, for his expertise in public law, civil liberties and immigration cases.
In 2018 Adam presented the Solicitor Advocate of the Year as the Chair of SAHCA .
With over 20 years experience helping business with regulatory and compliance challenges Errol Archer is a health and social care law expert in dealing with CQC, HSE and Ofsted. Contact him today on 020 3972 9011 or complete our online enquiry form.
Cameron Mathieson (deceased) by his father Craig Mathieson v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (heard in the Supreme Court on 26th March 2015)
Job Titles:
- Head of Clinical Negligence Department
Interests
In her spare time, she has designed an educational board game "Cognosis" with her husband and loves cycling (including on a tandem) and open water swimming.
Job Titles:
- Assistant to Beverley Lambert, Commercial Litigation and Insolvency / Restructuring. England & Wales
Job Titles:
- Solicitor
- Solicitor - Advocate
Practice areas
Errol Archer works with owners and directors of:
Errol is a Solicitor-Advocate (Civil) and is authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to exercise ‘higher rights of audience' in courts and tribunals. He has represented clients in hundreds of hearings at courts and tribunals, including at the First-Tier Tribunal (Care Standards) and at Coroners' Court Inquests.
Job Titles:
- Solicitor
- Commercial Property
Practice areas
Jonathan works with owners and tenants in respect of:
Practice Areas:
Public Law
Experience:
Katharina trained with Dr Laura Janes at Scott-Moncrieff and focuses on the needs of children and young people in detention, particularly their community care and resettlement needs.
Practice Areas:
Public Law
Experience:
In 2012 Laura was described by the Guardian as a lawyer to watch. She founded the national campaign group the Young Legal Aid Lawyers and she received both the 2010 Liberty Human Rights Young Person of the Year award and the 2009 Young Legal Aid Lawyer of the year award on behalf of the group. In 2006 she was named Young Legal Aid Solicitor of the year. Laura is a visiting fellow at South Bank University where she teaches courses on Human Rights. She was awarded a professional doctorate in youth justice at the University of Bedfordshire in August 2014. Laura is also Chair of the Legal Action Group, a Board member of the Legal Aid Practitioners' Group, a committee member of the Association of Prison Lawyers, the Criminal Appeal Lawyers' Association and the Mental Health Lawyers' Association.
Laura is a solicitor with higher rights specialising in prison law, criminal appeals and public law. She has an expanding civil practice which encompasses damages claims for clients who have suffered unlawful treatment within the criminal justice system. She has particular expertise in representing vulnerable young people and those serving life sentences.
Laura was awarded her higher rights (civil) in 2009 and has a strong public law practice. Her detailed and comprehensive letters before action often result in resolution without the need to resort to litigation.
Laura has a particular expertise in the cross-over between community care needs and the criminal justice system. She has acted in many cases concerning the rights and entitlements of young people under the Children Act 1989, especially where they are leaving custody and lack a safe place to live or require accommodation and support in order to have a meaningful parole review. She also regularly acts for vulnerable adults who require support under community care legislation, in particular, those who need support to assist their rehabilitation and ensure their compliance with licence conditions.
Laura frequently represents clients who are subject to MAPPA, and is often involved in challenges to unnecessary or disproportionate conditions that impact on the individual's liberty or private life.
In 2019, Laura was awarded Solicitor of the Year by the First 100 Years' Inspirational Women in Law Awards.
Practice areas
Personal Injury
Experience
Lorraine qualified as a solicitor in 1992 and is accredited as a Senior Litigator with APIL (the Association of Personal Injury Solicitors).
She has worked in many different parts of the country during her career - Yeovil, Portsmouth, Stoke-on-Trent - but since 1997 has been living and working in Derbyshire.
Since qualifying, she has devoted her career to helping the innocent victims of accidents and is passionate about securing the best outcomes for her clients in a professional and speedy manner. She has successfully settled over 3,500 personal injury cases and has a wealth of experience in dealing with serious road traffic accidents, accidents at work, and accidents in public places.
Most of her clients are based in Derbyshire and the surrounding counties but she can take on cases outside her immediate area.
She is approachable and clients feel safe in her hands.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Act Commissioner
- Mental Health Act Commissioner
Lucy is the managing director of the firm. She set it up in 1987, after the birth of her first child, as she wanted the flexibility of self-employment to combine work with motherhood. At that time, she was starting to specialise in mental health and human rights law, and for several years the firm expanded gently into other areas of social welfare law as word of mouth spread about the freedoms and benefits of working for a virtual law firm.
In recent years, Lucy has spoken and written widely on the benefits of this way of working, and the firm now covers private client and commercial work. As its growth has been incremental, Lucy has been able to ensure that the guiding principles of excellence in client service and friendliness within the firm have been maintained.
Lucy has not only built her firm, but has also built her reputation as a mental health and human rights lawyer, and as a promoter and supporter of the profession and its values.
She has been a Law Society Council member since 2002, was Law Society President during the 2012/13 term and is now Chair of its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
Lucy was the House of Lords Commissioner for Standards from 2016-2021. She is the Co-Chair of the Legal Aid and Access to Justice Committee of the International Bar Association, was also a commissioner with the Judicial Appointments Committee and, as well as being a Tribunal Judge, she also sits as a Judge for the Court of Protection.
She is a member of the Bach Commission on Access to Justice.
Lucy has been a Mental Health Act Commissioner, was a founder member of the QC Appointments Panel, was a commissioner with Postcomm from 2008 to 2011, and is an associate with Verita, which carries out investigations on behalf of public bodies.
In October 2019, Lucy was awarded the prestigious ‘Lifetime Achievement Award' by The Law Society for her outstanding contribution to the legal profession.
Lucy has been an Act Commissioner, was a founder member of the QC Appointments Panel, was a commissioner with Postcomm from 2008 to 2011, and is an associate with Verita, which carries out investigations on behalf of public bodies.
Lucy Scott-Moncrieff joins other women presidents of The Law Society in celebration of International Women's day
Mark was educated in Paris and London before graduating in medieval history at King's College, University of London. He subsequently read law at University College London. He is fluent in English and French.
He qualified as a solicitor at Simmons & Simmons in 1991 and worked at major City firms in both Paris and London developing his expertise in commercial litigation and arbitration.
Practice areas:
Litigation
Mary qualified in 2001. She initially worked as a legal executive and then as a solicitor.
Practice areas:
Family Law
Job Titles:
- Personal Injury and Clinical
Job Titles:
- Consultant Solicitor Is Very Important in Enabling Me to Obtain a Balance in My Working Life"
Mitchell qualified as a solicitor in 1995.
In addition to his work at ScoMo, Mitchell has links with Queen Mary, University of London. He has been involved with the teaching of the 'International Law on the Rights of the Child' LLM course for over a decade.
Practice areas:
Public law
Mitchell Woolf specialises in human rights law and, in particular, the rights of the child and people with disabilities. He brings community care and public law challenges against state bodies such as local authorities, health trusts and government departments. He brings challenges on behalf of vulnerable children and adults, including children with disabilities, children in care and in detention and adults with disabilities/learning disabilities. He also challenges breaches of the Human Rights Act.
Mitchell has provided advice to a number of NGOs and charities and given training in the UK and abroad to academics, practitioners, NGOs, the police and the judiciary.
Memberships:
Rights of the Child UK Coalition (ROCK)
Mitchell Woolf: "Being a consultant solicitor is very important in enabling me to obtain a balance in my working life"
"I started working as a consultant solicitor at ScoMo over ten years ago. At the time, I was an academic and wanted to test some ideas about bringing challenges on behalf of vulnerable and disabled children. Working as a consultant solicitor at ScoMo has given me the opportunity to take cases and also continue working in the academic field.
Experience:
Nicolette has worked in legal practice for over 30 years. She was Practice Manager of a specialist criminal/family practice for a number of years before joining Scomo.
Alongside her work at ScoMo, Nicolette manages a youth club in Hackney which she set up herself. It employs a staff of eight and works with various agencies to promote the interests of local young people.
Nicolette has worked in family law over 15 years, specialising in care proceedings and representing parents in cases which have involved allegations of drug, alcohol and physical abuse.
Job Titles:
- Civil Litigation, Public Law
I was admitted as a solicitor in 1994, so I have over 25 years post qualification experience. I was an equity partner of a top 200 London litigation law firm for over 10 years until in 2021 I joined Scott Moncrieff as a Consultant solicitor.
I specialise in common law dispute resolution, public law and contentious costs and my practice areas cover a wide range of civil litigation, including inquests, catastrophic/fatal injury claims, claims for birth defects caused by chemical or pharmaceutical exposure and criminal injury cases.
I have expertise in cases involving acquired spinal cord injury or brain injury, injury caused by vaccines, organophosphates, and various defective pharmaceutical products under the Consumer Protection Act 1987.
Polly is a nationally recognised expert in public law and human rights with a strong commitment to access to justice and promoting the rights of vulnerable people.
PRACTICE AREAS
Public Law
Practice Areas:
Civil litigation and Dispute Resolution
Richard is experienced in many areas of the law, but specialises in clinical negligence and major injury cases. He has been involved in running a number of national cases including: Opren (a painkiller associated with a number of deaths and serious injuries), Gulf War Illness, Organophosphate Sheep Dips, and vaccine claims.
Richard has a reputation for being user-friendly. As a writer, he is keen to make the law understandable and accessible to people who are unfamiliar with legal terminology. He tells his clients that if they don't understand what he is saying, it is his fault not theirs! He likes to work with his clients to achieve the best possible outcome.
He deals with most kinds of medical case and has obtained substantial compensation for clients who have been seriously injured by medical negligence. He lives in North Norfolk and he always aims to visit clients at their homes (subject of course to Covid restrictions) but he also takes on cases outside Norfolk and Suffolk.
Practice Areas
Commercial Property (sales and acquisitions, property development, options, overage agreements, landlord and tenant, secured lending)
Job Titles:
- Assistant to Beverley Lambert, Property Litigation. England & Wales
- Property Litigation