[4] Appointed Judge in 2012 by Malta's prime minister Lawrence Gonzi, she presided over the Civil Court in regards of matter of fundamental human rights as well as of probate, minority, interdiction and incapacitation, guardianships, trusts, foundations and cross border successions.
[4] Justice Schembri Orland was the presiding judge in a number of Maltese landmark cases, such as in X vs Attorney General and Commissioner of Police in which she ruled that Malta breached the positive obligations under Art.
8 ECHR (right to family and private life) due to the systematic failures in the procedures adopted by the police investigating and prosecuting incidences of domestic violence.
In Marie Therese Cuschieri vs Attorney General, Malta's Constitutional Court, also presided by Schembri Orland, ruled that legal requirement dictating that women need to give details on their marital status in deeds of property sales was deemed to be discriminatory and unconstitutional.
In July 2019, Schembri Orland ruled that the right to freedom of expression of the Caruana Galizia family were being breached by the governmental removal of banners in private spaces.