Lucinda Orr is a practising barrister, called to the Bar of England and Wales (2006), and a Partner in the disputes specialist law firm, Enyo Law LLP, based in the City of London, where she specialises in international commercial litigation and civil fraud. She has previously chaired the Bar Association for Commerce, Finance and Industry (2012-2015) and the Employed Barristers' Committee for England and Wales (2017-2019), and currently sits on the General Management Committees of her Inn of Court (2018 - to present) and the Bar Council (2012 - to present).
In addition to her legal qualifications, she holds M.A. (2003) and M.St. (2004) degrees in History from Oxford University, where she was President of the Oxford University Numismatic Society, the History Society and the Young Friends of the Ashmolean Museum. She has archaeological experience from excavations at the Roman site, Tripontium, in the late 1990s, and cataloguing the coin finds.
Having been a keen collector of coins for over 30 years, she is a Fellow of The Royal Numismatic Society, and has longstanding membership of the British Numismatic Society and the London Coin Club. She also studies and collects antique jewellery and is a member of the Society of Jewellery Historians.
This role is not remunerated. This appointment has been made in accordance with the Cabinet Office's Governance Code on Public Appointments, the process is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The Government's Governance Code requires that any significant political activity undertaken by an appointee in the last five years is declared. This is defined as holding office, public speaking, making a recordable donation or candidature for election. Ms Orr has not declared any activity.
