Dino Nocivelli is a partner in the abuse department at Leigh Day law firm and joined the company in 2022. Dino specialises in actions for child sexual abuse survivors. Dino has appeared in a significant number of media publications providing his expert opinion and commentary, including among others the BBC, ITV and the Guardian. He has also provided evidence to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA).

Areas to explore:

1. I would love to hear some of your journey and how you got into the work that you are now doing?
2. Could you speak about your work around child sexual abuse (CSA) and some of the cases that you have been putting together?
3. How widespread is CSA in Britain?
4. I would love to hear you speak about the IICSA process. What was IICSA? What were its aims? Did they succeed in these aims? What was the final verdict?
5. Could you please talk about mandatory reporting? What do you feel about the importance of having mandatory reporting in schools and boarding schools? Has IICSA now made this a requirement by law?
6. Could you talk a little about Jimmy Saville, John Smythe and cases like Bishop Peter Ball. In your opinion why is it that society has ignored the children's voices for so many decades? People in very prominent positions supported these men. Are things changing now?
7. What about boarding schools? What have you found out about boarding schools and CSA? In your opinion should these schools be able to retain their charitable status?
8. If someone has been through CSA at school or as a child, and they are listening to this, what would you advise them?
9. Could you talk a little about how easy or hard it is to get a school to apologise for misdemeanours which happened within their grounds? Why is this?
10. How do people find out more about your work?

To find more about Dino please visit: https://www.leighday.co.uk/about-us/our-people/partners/dino-nocivelli/

To read some of his blog posts about boarding schools: https://www.leighday.co.uk/latest-updates/blog/2022-blogs/malsis-school-convictions-how-was-abuse-able-to-go-on-for-so-long/

https://www.leighday.co.uk/latest-updates/blog/2022-blogs/sexual-abuse-in-boarding-schools-change-is-urgently-needed/

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