At 2TG our people are hard-working, forward-thinking and approachable. We believe our supportive culture is one of our greatest strengths.
With the set comprising around 60 barristers, we know each other well and work effectively together. We often operate in large teams with clients. Our practice management team is modern and commercial, matching barrister experience thoughtfully to clients’ requirements.
At 2TG our barristers are expert in a broad range of complementary practice areas and we enjoy repeat instructions from a variety of loyal clients.
Practised advocates from the start, all our Silks and the vast majority of our Junior barristers are recognised as leaders in their chosen fields. Many of us are at the forefront of shaping the law in our specialist areas and we pride ourselves in having excellent industry knowledge.
At 2TG our barristers have excellent experience acting across a range of industry sectors and we are able to offer advice in an informed and commercial context.
Our combination of practice area excellence and industry expertise means we possess real insight into the commercial realities facing our clients operating in these areas. Secondment plays an important part of our commitment to developing our skills and understanding.
2TG is home to award-winning accredited mediators, arbitrators, adjudicators and experts with considerable experience of alternative dispute resolution.
Our barristers are also skilled as advocates in different alternative dispute resolution procedures and work strategically with clients to understand their commercial objectives, and then to resolve litigation as cost-effectively and expeditiously as possible.
Work with an international dimension forms a significant part of many barristers’ work at 2TG.
We appear in international courts and arbitral tribunals all over the world, frequently acting on complex multi-jurisdictional disputes. We are particularly well-known for managing cross border litigation on matters of jurisdiction and applicable law and appear regularly in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.
At 2TG, in addition to our professional advice, we are recognised for our excellent contribution to education and development. We provide regular high-quality training.
Our reputation among the legal profession and other clients for our first-rate webinars and in-person conferences is very important to us. We also contribute frequently at industry events and as editors of leading texts and authors on topics of legal interest.
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On 14 December 2022, Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole (“BCP”) Council made the decision to keep Whitecliff Road open to motor traffic. Previously, in August 2020, BCP Council had made the relevant section of Whitecliff Road, at the point where it runs under a narrow bridge known as the Keyhole Bridge, subject to an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order. The effect of this experimental scheme was that only bikes and pedestrians were allowed; all other vehicle access was prohibited. Cycling UK sought to challenge the December 2022 decision and brought a judicial review application in March 2023. It did so on the basis that BCP Council failed to have appropriate regard to the relevant statutory guidance and thereby misdirected itself; BCP failed to apply the starting presumption in favour of retaining the scheme that prohibited motor traffic from using Keyhole Bridge.
Those judicial review proceedings have now been satisfactorily settled with an accompanying ‘Statement of Reasons’ in which BCP Council acknowledge the merits of Cycling UK’s judicial review claim and its intention not to defend against a judicial review claim.