Stefano Ruis

Ranked in 3 Practice Areas

Star Individuals

Police Law: Mainly Claimant

UK-wide

19 Years Ranked

Band 3

Administrative & Public Law: Traditional Claimant

UK-wide

8 Years Ranked

Band 4

Civil Liberties & Human Rights

UK-wide

1 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Stefano Ruis

Practice Areas

Stefano Ruis is a partner in the civil department. He is an acknowledged expert in police law who conducts actions against the police, including public law challenges and related human rights issues.

Stefano has a strong track record of successful challenges to warrants, arrests, police cautions and decisions to disclose non-conviction information on DBS certificates. He also advises clients on the police complaints system as well as challenging decisions made by the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

His caseload also includes matters involving witness protection and related civil claims. He has acted in a number of cases where arrests/prosecutions have arisen from protests/demonstrations.

Stefano also acts for individuals and businesses in civil fraud claims. He advises both claimants and defendants on how to make the best use of the civil court system in high value fraud actions

Career

BA University of Manchester. Qualified 1997 at Fisher Meredith. Partner and head of Fisher Meredith's police and prison law department until 2012 when he joined Hickman & Rose.

Professional Memberships

Law Society; Police Action Lawyers Group; Liberty.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK

Police Law: Mainly Claimant - UK-wide

Star Individuals

Individual Editorial

Stefano Ruis has an impressive practice acting for claimants in a range of matters, including challenging arrests, cautions and inappropriate disclosure of information by the police.

Learn more about this team❖View ranking table

Administrative & Public Law: Traditional Claimant - UK-wide

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Stefano Ruis is a partner at Hickman & Rose. He focuses his practice on the criminal justice system and public law challenges with particular expertise in DBS decisions.

Learn more about this team❖View ranking table

Civil Liberties & Human Rights - UK-wide

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Stefano Ruis has a strong reputation for handling civil liberties claims against the police and also undertakes public inquiry work.

Learn more about this team❖View ranking table

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Stefano is calm and so robust in the understated fashion. He doesn't waste energy and is incredibly strategic.

Police Law: Mainly Claimant respondent
UK

Stef is deft and careful. He has great judgement and fabulous writing.

Police Law: Mainly Claimant respondent
UK

Stefano is incredibly smart. He is able to take a step back and see the bigger picture in achieving the best outcome. He is perfectly polished and impressive.

Police Law: Mainly Claimant respondent
UK

He goes above and beyond to what solicitors tend to do. He has extradentary integrity as well.

Police Law: Mainly Claimant respondent
UK

Stefano has extremely strong procedural knowledge and a real sense of the end goal and the big picture.

Administrative & Public Law: Traditional Claimant respondent
UK

Stefano is calm, measured, clear and always brings sound, reliable judgement to the table.

Administrative & Public Law: Traditional Claimant respondent
UK

Stef is a pleasure to work with. He is supremely well-organised, bright and really fights his client’s corner, while also being alive to the realities of the merits of the case.

Administrative & Public Law: Traditional Claimant respondent
UK

Stefano is very experienced and well regarded.

Civil Liberties & Human Rights respondent
UK

Not only is he a good lawyer, but he is also very humane and understanding of clients' needs.

Civil Liberties & Human Rights respondent
UK

Stefano is someone who does extremely good-quality work.

Civil Liberties & Human Rights respondent
UK

Stefano is calm and so robust in the understated fashion. He doesn't waste energy and is incredibly strategic.

Police Law: Mainly Claimant respondent
UK

Stef is deft and careful. He has great judgement and fabulous writing.

Police Law: Mainly Claimant respondent
UK

Stefano is incredibly smart. He is able to take a step back and see the bigger picture in achieving the best outcome. He is perfectly polished and impressive.

Police Law: Mainly Claimant respondent
UK

He goes above and beyond to what solicitors tend to do. He has extradentary integrity as well.

Police Law: Mainly Claimant respondent
UK

Stefano has extremely strong procedural knowledge and a real sense of the end goal and the big picture.

Administrative & Public Law: Traditional Claimant respondent
UK

Stefano is calm, measured, clear and always brings sound, reliable judgement to the table.

Administrative & Public Law: Traditional Claimant respondent
UK

Stef is a pleasure to work with. He is supremely well-organised, bright and really fights his client’s corner, while also being alive to the realities of the merits of the case.

Administrative & Public Law: Traditional Claimant respondent
UK

Stefano is very experienced and well regarded.

Civil Liberties & Human Rights respondent
UK

Not only is he a good lawyer, but he is also very humane and understanding of clients' needs.

Civil Liberties & Human Rights respondent
UK

Stefano is someone who does extremely good-quality work.

Civil Liberties & Human Rights respondent
UK

Filter by

London (Firms)

Crime

Jenny Wiltshire

Head of Crime

Star Individuals

Stefano Ruis

UK Guide 2025

Police Law: Mainly Claimant + 2 more rankings

About

Practice Areas

Career

Professional Memberships

Chambers Review

UK

Police Law: Mainly Claimant - UK-wide

Individual Editorial

Administrative & Public Law: Traditional Claimant - UK-wide

Individual Editorial

Civil Liberties & Human Rights - UK-wide

Individual Editorial

Strengths

Discover other Lawyers at Hickman & Rose

London (Firms)

UK-wide

Discover other Lawyers at
Hickman & Rose