LLG Children's Services & Education National Lead Meeting: ABE interviews

Stefano Nuvoloni KC

Stefano Nuvoloni KC is renowned for his client focus, pre-hearing preparation and outstanding trial advocacy. Stefano’s reputation for approachability and sensible client focused advice continues to grow nationwide. He acts in significant and complex cases for local authorities, parents and children.

Stefano’s main area of work is Public Law Child Care encompassing all the most serious cases including the death or serious injury of children, the murder of a parent; sexual, organised and ritualised abuse; Fabricated/Induced Illness (FII); Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking; Radicalisation and Human Rights claims. He appears for all parties in such complex and lengthy public law child care proceedings at all levels, including the Appellate jurisdiction. He has extensive experience in the taking of evidence from children.

Having been part of the ground-breaking team that secured the first CSE injunctions Stefano continues to advise local authorities and police forces nationally on the disruption of Child Sexual Exploitation. He drafted the working Protocol for use by Local Authorities and Police Authorities commended in BCC v SK [2016] EWHC 310.

His work with local authorities also encompasses the broad spectrum of policy review, Human Rights Act claims and Court of Protection work.

Stefano regularly acts in protracted and complicated private law proceedings covering the full range of disputes; residence and contact, relocation and child abduction. In cases of parental alienation Stefano has conducted numerous findings of fact hearings, successfully reinstating Child Arrangement Orders and re-establishing disrupted relationships.