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Georga Godwin, from national law firm Scott-Moncrieff, represents clients with serious mental health issues and their families. She says her clients are victims of a vicious circle of under-funding. She says: “The Government claiming that social efforts are more important than providing extra money for services is simply wrong. The NHS mental health offer is drastically under-funded and it suffers the vicious circle, knock-on effect of the rest of the NHS being under-funded, too.

Jonathan Rayer writes for The Law Gazette reflecting on Lucy Scott-Moncrieff’s high profile and eventful career in law as founder and managing director of Sco Mo; as president and then council member of the Law Society; mental health tribunal judge; Judicial Appointments Commission board member; and House of Lords Commissioner for Standards.

Sulaiman Lee, film of whose arrest by more than six Metropolitan Police officers in Brixton on 1 September was posted on many news outlets, is to launch a formal complaint against the force. He has appointed Terence Channer of national law firm Scott- Moncrieff, a specialist solicitor who acts in many wrongful arrest cases, to represent him.

I was part of a delegation in Beijing that saw how legal aid is reaching clients with special needs.

We are delighted to announce, one of our consultants, Suzette Jervier, has been shortlisted for the Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2016 as Mental Health Lawyer of the Year.