English
Senior Associate Solicitor, Public Law and Human Rights
London
She specialises in public law, human rights and community care cases and has a particular interest in assisting trafficked individuals, unaccompanied minors and vulnerable adults.
She is currently working on various legal challenges concerning access to remedies for trafficked individuals. Silvia also recently acted for two Core Participants and a witness in the Independent Inquiry into Child and Sexual Abuse (IICSA) in the children outside the UK, internet and Lambeth case studies.
Silvia is ranked in Chambers and Partners 2022 in both the Administrative and Public Law category and in the Civil Liberties and Human Rights category.
More recently, Silvia was noted in the Chambers and Partners 2023 guide as a Star Associate
She is a regular contributor to the Legal Action magazine, and contributed a chapter on public law and community care in the 2020/2021 Legal Aid Handbook.
In 2019, Silvia completed a secondment with the Helen Bamber Foundation, where she was a Specialist Counter-Trafficking Legal Officer.
"Silvia is very good, thorough and sensitive to client needs"
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Chambers and Partners 2023
"She is outstanding at representing exceptionally vulnerable young people, often with mental health difficulties and traumatic backgrounds"
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Chambers and Partners 2023
"Silvia is an outstanding solicitor. She always demonstrates such an understanding towards clients and is incredibly reliable. I cannot recommend her highly enough"
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Chambers and Partners 2023
"She has such good networks in the NGO sector, which makes her ideal for bringing policy challenges"
Industry Professional
Admin and Public Law Recommendations
"A really excellent lawyer with an incredible formidable reputation"
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Admin and Public Law Recommendations
"She is an absolute star"
Industry Professional
Civil Liberties and Human Rights Recommendations
"Silvia Nicolaou Garcia is recognised as a go-to on trafficking and child abuse"
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Civil Liberties and Human Rights Recommendations
"She is very diligent, strategic and attentive"
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Civil Liberties and Human Rights Recommendations
"Silvia Nicolaou Garcia specialises in high-profile cases involving victims of human trafficking"
Industry Professional
Legal 500 2021
In 2017 Silvia was shortlisted for the Law Society Excellence Awards in the Junior Lawyer of the Year category. In 2018 she was shortlisted for the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Award in the Children’s Rights category.
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