Lorna Sproston

Lorna has been practising as a lawyer for over 25 years.  After graduating with a law degree from Cambridge University, where she achieved a first in family law, Lorna was called to the Bar in England and Wales in 1998.

Between 1998 and 2008 Lorna practiced in London as both a barrister and solicitor in various areas of the law, including family, criminal and commercial law.

Commercial litigation work that Lorna was involved in included multi-national litigation arising from a £50 million fraud in Canada and advising on non-party disclosure in several major actions.  She was also part of a team engaged in tracing and recovering over £100 million for a multi-national company whose pension fund was defrauded.  The complex litigation involved over 50 defendants in 14 jurisdictions.

After moving to Australia in 2008 and whilst requalifying as an Australian legal practitioner, Lorna worked as Legal Associate to a Justice of the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia (as it was then called).  After requalifying Lorna was admitted to the NSW Bar in 2011.

Lorna has practised predominately in family law since then.  She has acted for a wide range of clients in parenting matters, including parents, grandparents and other care givers. She has also appeared for the Independent Children’s Lawyer in parenting matters, including on appeal.

In property matters she has appeared on behalf of parties and third parties in financial proceedings. She has acted in matters where there is a modest pool of assets, as well as for high net worth individuals in complex litigation and has provided advice on international family law issues.

Lorna has appeared frequently in Divisions 1 and 2 of the Federal Circuit and Family Court Court of Australia (including appeals), and also in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, NCAT and the District Court of New South Wales.

Lorna has been a member of one of the New South Wales Bar Association’s Professional Conduct Committees on two occasions. The role of those Committees is to investigate and report to the Bar Council in respect of conduct complaints referred to or initiated by the Council.

From August 2024 to March 2026 Lorna worked at a family dispute resolution company as a family dispute resolution practitioner, conducting family law mediations, before returning to independent practice at the NSW Bar.

Lorna was named a Recommended family law mediator (New South Wales) for 2026 by Doyle’s Guide, an independent, annual directory that ranks top Australian legal professionals.

Lorna is an accredited mediator, family dispute resolution practitioner, arbitrator and parenting coordinator.

Her full cv is available on request.