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Domestic
violence

Qualified and confidential assistance for both the victim of the offence and the person under investigation, in proceedings concerning violence within the family and in domestic partnerships.

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Case Types and Services

The offences we handle

We act promptly where it is necessary to protect the victim or to set up a rigorous defence of the person under investigation.

Domestic abuse against family members and cohabitants

Defence and victim protection in proceedings for domestic abuse under art. 572 c.p., with attention to reconstructing the habitual conduct, repeated over time, and to assessing the family context. The correct classification between an isolated and a habitual course of conduct is often the heart of the trial.

Stalking

Assistance in proceedings for stalking under art. 612-bis c.p., analysing the repetition of the conduct, the disruption of the victim's daily habits and the well-founded fear for the safety of the victim or of their relatives.

Private violence (coercion)

Defence and victim protection in proceedings for private violence under art. 610 c.p., analysing the link between the threatening or violent conduct and the coercion of the victim to do, tolerate or omit something within the family context.

Threats

Assistance in proceedings for threats under art. 612 c.p., including the aggravated forms involving the use of weapons or the gravity of the harm threatened. Particular attention to cases arising within couple or family conflicts.

Personal injury and aggravated injury

Defence and civil-party representation in proceedings for intentional personal injury under artt. 582 and 583 c.p., with assessment of the duration of the illness, the special aggravating circumstances related to the family context and any aggravated case involving the use of weapons.

Unlawful detention within the family

Assistance in proceedings for unlawful detention under art. 605 c.p. committed within the family unit, with assessment of duration, modalities of deprivation of liberty and the precautionary aspects typical of this area.

Sexual violence

Confidential assistance in proceedings for sexual violence under art. 609-bis c.p. and in aggravated cases, both for the defence of the defendant and for the protection of the victim of the offence. Maximum discretion and sensitivity, in a matter that demands the utmost evidentiary accuracy.

Breach of removal-from-family-home orders

Defence in proceedings for breach of the removal from the family home under art. 387-bis c.p., introduced by the Italian "Red Code" law. Assessment of the subjective element and of compliance with the formal requirements of the order breached.

Breach of restraining orders

Assistance in proceedings for breach of the restraining order forbidding approach to the victim of the offence, analysing the manner of the conduct, the physical proximity and the awareness of the encounter, often disputed at trial.

"Red Code" — emergency procedures

Handling of the emergency procedures provided for by the Italian "Red Code" law (L. 69/2019): hearing of the victim of the offence within three days, personal precautionary measures, electronic tagging, police caution by the Questore. Prompt intervention in the first hours, often decisive for the entire proceedings.

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