Will Moncrieff

Penny specialises in conducting insurance and personal injury litigation claims for insurers. With more than 25 years of experience, most of her current practice involves acting on behalf of major insurers in the areas of motor vehicle personal injuries, public liability, industrial diseases and property damage. Penny has worked in insurance litigation since commencing her legal career in 1995. She is the youngest lawyer to be appointed to the legal panel of the Insurance Commission of Wester...

My interest in the law was ignited in a small Melbourne firm, which gave me my first “grown up” job in the mail room. Becoming a lawyer was not my plan (architecture was calling). I became fascinated in the legal process and driven to learn. Progressing from the mail room, to legal secretary, paralegal and finally (with much encouragement and support from those in my early career) a fully fledged Law Graduate from Melbourne University. My legal career has taken me to London, Melbo...

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