Oliver Schneider-Sikorsky

Employed Barrister, BCL Solicitors LLP

Year Qualified:

Sep 2012 – Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales
Feb 2013 – Higher Rights of Audience
Jul 2014 – Called to the Bar

Oliver is qualified as both a solicitor and barrister. His practice encompasses business crime, regulatory investigations, and general criminal litigation. He routinely represents HNW individuals, business moguls, entertainers, and sportspersons accused of crimes and misconduct.

Oliver has over a decade of experience as a commercial litigator, prosecutor, and criminal defence lawyer. He specialises in advising high profile individuals and liaising with family office advisors on sensitive issues that require an appreciation of both commercial and criminal issues. His expertise extends to reputational advice and crisis management.

Oliver has been the lead senior associate on some of BCL Solicitors LLP’s largest matters. These include multi-jurisdictional criminal, civil, and regulatory investigations. He regularly project manages large teams of counsel, foreign lawyers, and experts with multi disciplines and he is highly effective in coordinating complex strategies.

Following a BA in Classics at Merton College, Oxford, Oliver began his legal career in 2010 at a leading American law firm in London and qualified as a solicitor into their white-collar litigation and international arbitration team in 2012. He joined BCL from a leading criminal defence team, prior to which he spent time as a Crown Prosecutor, and later a barrister at 2 Hare Court representing clients in regulatory tribunals and the criminal courts.

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Social media offences and claims

Practice notes

The first part of this Practice Note sets out different types of criminal offences which may be committed in relation to content posted on social media platforms. This includes trolling, cyberbullying, virtual mobbing, cyberstalking, flaming and setting up fake social media accounts. It also covers communications offences, CPS Guidelines, substantive offences which may involve the use of social media, and some offences under the Online Safety Act 2023. The second part of the Practice Note focuses on civil causes of action which may arise—including defamation, misuse of private information, civil harassment, data protection, infringement of intellectual property rights, consumer protection and advertising regulations, disinformation, practical ways to bring an action, and the ‘right to be forgotten’ and to ‘erasure’.

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