Meet
Lorna Sproston.
Mediator, FDRP, Arbitrator & Parenting Coordinator
L orna has been a practising lawyer for over 25 years, with over a decade specialising in family law as a barrister at the New South Wales Bar. She is an accredited mediator, family dispute resolution practitioner, arbitrator and parenting coordinator.
After graduating from Cambridge University, Lorna worked as both a barrister and solicitor in London. She practised in a broad range of law in England, including family law, as well as commercial law at City of London law firms.
After relocating to Australia in 2008, and whilst requalifying as a legal practitioner, Lorna worked as Legal Associate to a Justice of the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia. After requalifying, Lorna was admitted to the New South Wales Bar and appeared as junior Counsel in a broad range of family law property and parenting matters in various states around Australia.
In parenting matters she has acted for parents, grandparents and for the Independent Children’s Lawyer. In property matters, she has advised and appeared in a wide variety of cases including matters with large pools and complex jurisdictional, legal and procedural issues, both alone and being led by Senior Counsel.
Lorna understands the impact that legal proceedings can have on parties emotionally and financially and is committed to helping disputes to be resolved quickly and empathetically.
Lorna was exceptional throughout the day and prior to. She made my client feel at ease during the pre-mediation conference and in particular throughout the mediation.
I would highly recommend other colleagues to use Lorna as their mediator and I will definitely be proposing her for future mediations from now on.
She was well-spoken, evaluative where required, and assisting the parties immensely in reaching an agreement.
I thoroughly recommend the services of Separation Solutions. The mediators (Belinda, Joanne, Cynthia and Lorna) are all very experienced and professional. The entire process is well-run by Separation Solutions and puts the client at ease during a time when tensions can be heightened. At each step, the mediators display their expertise and offer practicable resolutions assisting the parties to reach an agreement and avoid ongoing family law litigation.
Lorna was amazing. In a sensitive parenting matter, she displayed exceptional dedication and worked tirelessly to ensure a fair and balanced outcome for all parties involved. Her expertise, patience, and genuine care for the well-being of the parties were evident throughout the process. Lorna went above and beyond to review documents and also addressed any concerns with thoughtfulness and precision. She was deeply invested in achieving positive outcomes and I couldn’t recommend Lorna enough! Thank you again, Lorna for your assistance in reaching a positive outcome.
Ms Sprotson was knowledgeable and pragmatic, unfortunately the matter did not settle, however it was not due to the mediator’s hard work in attempting to encourage the parties to a resolution.
Lorna was fantastic. It was a difficult matter and she handled an emotional client extremely well.
The admin team went above and beyond to ensure our mediation could proceed even when there was non-responsiveness from the parties.
The booking team was extremely responsive in organising a mediation and premediation conferences at short notice. Lorna Sprotson was calm, rational and highly skilled in reaching agreement between myself and my partner in time for Christmas. She saved us from a spiraling dispute which could have been very costly both financially and emotionally. I am in awe about how she managed our time so effectively to address all our concerns in a timely manner, whilst also being respectful of each party’s need to be heard. I cannot rate her more highly
Our mediation was tricky, and ultimately didn’t settle. However Lorna was wonderful. She worked very hard to try and obtain a settlement and remained calm and supportive throughout. Our client felt heard and respected despite the ultimate result.
Lorna did a great job with the mediation. She was empathetic yet firm.
Lorna is great and I love working with her. She was fantastic with the client and we got an outcome that I didn’t think was possible in the morning!
