MEET:
Lorna Skinner KC
“Frighteningly clever, with advocacy skills to match”
Chambers & Partners 2021
Lorna’s specialist area of practice is media and information law. This encompasses defamation, breach of confidence (including commercial cases), misuse of private information, privacy, freedom of expression, data protection, freedom of information, Article 8 and Article 10 related human rights law, contempt, harassment, open justice and reporting restrictions. She also undertakes inquest and public inquiry work.
Lorna has extensive litigation experience acting for both claimants and defendants and has acted for television companies, national and local press, publishing houses, Members of Parliament, government departments, local authorities, trades unions and the police, as well as for individuals. In addition to defamation and privacy litigation, she has handled a large number of privacy injunctions, contempt proceedings arising from breaches of injunctions and Norwich Pharmaceutical applications. Her practice also includes pre-publication advisory work for NGOs and publishers.
Lorna acted for media organisations at the Litvinenko Inquest/Inquiry and at the Leveson Inquiry, for the Independent Office for Police Conduct at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, and as Counsel to the Inquest in a complex police restraint death. She regularly acts for families in inquests, ranging from prison deaths to mental health and hospital deaths. She was appointed Assistant Coroner for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough in 2018.
Lorna was appointed Assistant Coroner for Cambridgeshire in 2018. She has been a member of the Arbitrator Panel for the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) since 2016. Lorna is also an Accredited ADR Group Civil & Commercial Mediator. She was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2021.
Lorna is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. In order to provide legal services to her clients, including advice and representation services, Lorna needs to collect and hold personal data. This includes her client’s personal data and the personal data of others who feature in the matter upon which she is instructed. To read Lorna’s privacy notice in full, please see here.
"Lorna is a really good advocate. She is quick-thinking, respected by judges, and has a good sense of humour." "She demonstrates great empathy and commercial understanding of the client's position. She provides straight-talking advice and is extremely responsive."
"Lorna has a great attention to detail and written and oral advocacy. She's strong on data protection."
"She is great to work with, very well liked by judges and she has a very engaging advocacy style." "Lorna Skinner is incredibly knowledgeable of the subject matter, is responsive and good to work with."
"Great commercial and pragmatic advice. She understands the needs of a client and is always prepared to carve time out to deal with an issue."
"Lorna is pragmatic, clear-thinking, legally astute and a pleasure to work with. Clients respond to her ability to communicate the law and their options clearly, her personable nature and her common sense. As an advocate she is effective and compelling."
"Lorna’s grasp of matters is superb. She has an excellent client manner and is passionate in her representation of families. Lorna’s insight into the inquest process as an Assistant Coroner herself makes her an invaluable asset to families in finding out about their loved one’s death. She has a thorough and analytical approach, and knows which points to pursue and which to leave. Clients feel very well supported."
"Lorna is a wonderful combination of the highly professional, polished advocate and a warm and engaging individual that clients can relate to."
"An incredibly thorough and tactical lawyer with an excellent understanding of all aspects of data privacy law."
"She has that rare combination of first-class intellect and excellent client skills. Her commercial instincts are also second to none."
"She has a real depth of experience and is across all the technical issues; she's an effective advocate." "She is very diligent and personable."
"Frighteningly clever, with advocacy skills to match. She is particularly brilliant when it comes to online issues, and is a go-to mind for anything with a data protection angle." "She's tremendous with detail and incredibly pragmatic." "Commercial and tenacious. A pleasure to work with."
"She has encyclopaedic knowledge of data protection issues and is able to draw on vast experience in the area." "She is easy to get along with and her work is of a very high standard." "She is extremely thorough and always comes up with points that others haven't thought of."
"Superb at deep-diving into the detail of a case and getting quickly to the key issues."
"Fantastically thorough with a great eye for detail, and a comprehensive knowledge of breach of privacy law. You really feel like you’re in safe hands with her."
"A real leader in her field."
"Lorna Skinner regularly pushes the boundaries of the law, and she brings a different perspective.” “She’s imaginative, and she has extremely good ideas."
"Fiercely intelligent, very client-focused and very easy to work with” and “an excellent advocate” who “thinks about things sensibly."
"Very reliable, a star in advocacy” (2020) and “thorough and highly intelligent."
MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE:
+44 (0)20 7404 3447
“Frighteningly clever, with advocacy skills to match”
Chambers & Partners 2021
MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Commercial Law
- Election Law
- Mediation
- Healthcare, Mental Health and Mental Capacity
- Civil Liberties and Human Rights
- Inquests and Inquiries
- Injunctions
- Media and Information Law
- Court Orders affecting the Media
- Data Protection
- Defamation and Privacy
- Harassment
- Police Law
- Sports Law
- Public Law: Information, Data and Privacy
- Police, Inquests and Prison
Lorna Skinner KC
Contact Lorna: lornaskinner@matrixlaw.co.uk | +44 (0)20 7404 3447
Contact Lorna's Practice Team (Team M): TeamM@matrixlaw.co.uk
Lorna’s specialist area of practice is media and information law. This encompasses defamation, breach of confidence (including commercial cases), misuse of private information, privacy, freedom of expression, data protection, freedom of information, Article 8 and Article 10 related human rights law, contempt, harassment, open justice and reporting restrictions. She also undertakes inquest and public inquiry work.
Media and Information Law
Lorna has extensive litigation experience acting for both claimants and defendants and has acted for television companies, national and local press, publishing houses, Members of Parliament, government departments, local authorities, trades unions and the police, as well as for individuals. In addition to defamation and privacy litigation, she has handled a large number of privacy injunctions, contempt proceedings arising from breaches of injunctions and Norwich Pharmaceutical applications. Her practice also includes pre-publication advisory work for NGOs and publishers.
Inquests and Inquiries
Lorna acted for media organisations at the Litvinenko Inquest/Inquiry and at the Leveson Inquiry, for the Independent Office for Police Conduct at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, and as Counsel to the Inquest in a complex police restraint death. She regularly acts for families in inquests, ranging from prison deaths to mental health and hospital deaths. She was appointed Assistant Coroner for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough in 2018.
Appointments
Lorna was appointed Assistant Coroner for Cambridgeshire in 2018. She has been a member of the Arbitrator Panel for the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) since 2016. Lorna is also an Accredited ADR Group Civil & Commercial Mediator. She was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2021.
Lorna's Privacy Notice
Lorna is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. In order to provide legal services to her clients, including advice and representation services, Lorna needs to collect and hold personal data. This includes her client’s personal data and the personal data of others who feature in the matter upon which she is instructed. To read Lorna’s privacy notice in full, please see here.
DIRECTORY RECOMMENDATIONS
"Lorna is a really good advocate. She is quick-thinking, respected by judges, and has a good sense of humour." "She demonstrates great empathy and commercial understanding of the client's position. She provides straight-talking advice and is extremely responsive."
"Lorna has a great attention to detail and written and oral advocacy. She's strong on data protection."
"She is great to work with, very well liked by judges and she has a very engaging advocacy style." "Lorna Skinner is incredibly knowledgeable of the subject matter, is responsive and good to work with."
"Great commercial and pragmatic advice. She understands the needs of a client and is always prepared to carve time out to deal with an issue."
"Lorna is pragmatic, clear-thinking, legally astute and a pleasure to work with. Clients respond to her ability to communicate the law and their options clearly, her personable nature and her common sense. As an advocate she is effective and compelling."
"Lorna’s grasp of matters is superb. She has an excellent client manner and is passionate in her representation of families. Lorna’s insight into the inquest process as an Assistant Coroner herself makes her an invaluable asset to families in finding out about their loved one’s death. She has a thorough and analytical approach, and knows which points to pursue and which to leave. Clients feel very well supported."
"Lorna is a wonderful combination of the highly professional, polished advocate and a warm and engaging individual that clients can relate to."
"An incredibly thorough and tactical lawyer with an excellent understanding of all aspects of data privacy law."
"She has that rare combination of first-class intellect and excellent client skills. Her commercial instincts are also second to none."
"She has a real depth of experience and is across all the technical issues; she's an effective advocate." "She is very diligent and personable."
"Frighteningly clever, with advocacy skills to match. She is particularly brilliant when it comes to online issues, and is a go-to mind for anything with a data protection angle." "She's tremendous with detail and incredibly pragmatic." "Commercial and tenacious. A pleasure to work with."
"She has encyclopaedic knowledge of data protection issues and is able to draw on vast experience in the area." "She is easy to get along with and her work is of a very high standard." "She is extremely thorough and always comes up with points that others haven't thought of."
"Superb at deep-diving into the detail of a case and getting quickly to the key issues."
"Fantastically thorough with a great eye for detail, and a comprehensive knowledge of breach of privacy law. You really feel like you’re in safe hands with her."
"A real leader in her field."
"Lorna Skinner regularly pushes the boundaries of the law, and she brings a different perspective.” “She’s imaginative, and she has extremely good ideas."
"Fiercely intelligent, very client-focused and very easy to work with” and “an excellent advocate” who “thinks about things sensibly."
"Very reliable, a star in advocacy” (2020) and “thorough and highly intelligent."