Lorna Skinner

Lorna Skinner

Trustee

Lorna is a barrister based at Matrix Chambers in Gray’s Inn, London. She was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2021. Her principal area of specialism is media and information law. Lorna has a longstanding interest in women’s health and justice issues. She is a trustee of a charity that provides breastfeeding help, support and information for families, and chaired the Maternity Services Liaison Committee at her local hospital for two years. In her professional role, Lorna regularly provides pro bono advice to the Centre for Women’s Justice, a charitable organisation which brings together lawyers and other experts in the field of violence against women with those on the frontline in order to bring strategic law challenges and ensure access to justice. Lorna also sits as an Assistant Coroner, as an Arbitrator for the Independent Press Standards Organisation, and has sat on a Fitness to Practice Medicine Appeal Panel at Imperial College London.