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Scott-Moncrieff founded the solicitors' firm Scott-Moncrieff & Associates Ltd in 1987, "as she wanted the flexibility of self-employment to combine work with motherhood". It was the first virtual solicitors' firm in the world, in which all the lawyers are self-employed consultants working from
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home or their own offices. At the time, Scott-Moncrieff was starting to specialise in mental health and human rights law. She is managing director of the firm.
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