Dr. Lorraine Schembri Orland
Firm Name LSO Legal
Address
9 Flat 4
Britannia House, Old Bakery Street
Valletta VLT 1432
Malta
Telephone
+ 356 21239556
+ 356 21415220
Email info(AT)lsolegal.com
Profile: Educated: Convent of the Sacred Heart Malta. Graduated: LL.D, University of Malta (1982); Magister Juris in European Law (1998). Salzburg Fellow (1985). First Female Member of the Chamber of Advocates (Malta). Chairperson, Legal Committee advisory to the Office of the Prime Minister on Family Law reforms, co-drafter of Family Law and drafter of legislation on domestic violence. Former member: National Bioethics Consultative Committee; Commonwealth Expert Group on Gender Equality. Represented Malta on the CEDAW (UN) and (CDEG) (Strasbourg) commissions on Gender Equality. Thesis examiner on Family Law. Author: numerous reports and papers on Family law, gender equality, and Bioethics. Specialist in matrimonial and family law before the courts of civil and criminal competence, including cases with a significant international element on child abduction, divorce and annulment, succession and estate law. Certified Trusts Advocate. Recognised practitioner before the Maltese Tribunal on nullity of Catholic Marriage.
Languages Spoken: English, Italian, French
Practice Areas: Adoption, Arbitration, Child Care/Public Law, Child Custody/Residence/Visitation/Contact, Child Support, Cohabitation, Divorce, Domestic Abuse/Violence/Protection Orders, Enforcement: Child Custody, Enforcement: Child Support, Enforcement: Spousal Support, Finance: Capital Provision, Finance: Pensions/Superannuation/Retirement and Employment Benefits, Finance: Property Issues, Finance: Trusts, Hague Convention/Child Abduction, Mediation, Modification/Variation: Child Custody, Modification/Variation: Child Support, Modification/Variation: Property Division, Modification/Variation: Spousal Support, Parentage/Paternity, Pre-nuptial/Post-nuptial Agreements, Relocation/Removal from Jurisdiction, Spousal Support/Maintenance/Alimony