Dino Nocivelli

Dino is a partner in the abuse department at Leigh Day since 2022 and specialises in actions for child sexual abuse survivors. His expertise is recognised in:

• Abuse in football and a number of other sports
• Abuse within religious institutions, especially the Catholic Church and the Church of England
• Abuse in private schools and state schools
• Abuse in Scout Association & youth clubs
• Abuse abroad
• Abuse in the family and directly against individuals who have taken advantage of their position of authority

Dino has been recognised by the Legal 500 as a leading lawyer in the field of child sexual abuse cases and has appeared in many media publications, national and international, providing his expert opinion and commentary, including BBC News and Radio, ITV, LBC Radio, the Guardian and the Times.

He has provided evidence to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse and has been asked to comment extensively upon the Inquiry by a number of national newspapers and other media outlets.

In addition to being our ambassador, Dino campaigns extensively to change the law on multiple matters, including:

• Mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse offences
• Extending offences by those in positions of trust to include sport coaches, and continuing to campaign so that they include activities such as acting, ballet and wrestling
• Double jeopardy for indecent assault
• Removing titles for convicted peers
• Ending the use of NDAs in abuse cases.