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.
Our market-leading Private International Law barristers provide specialist advice and representation on jurisdiction, conflict of law, applicable law and related issues, including enforcement of judgments, in complex cross-border disputes.
We have a great deal of experience in relation to challenging the jurisdiction of the English Courts and in seeking anti-suit injunctions in relation to proceedings brought in courts overseas. We are credited with being “top of the line” and having “unrivalled expertise at all levels” in this area.
We are able to provide specialist advice across a wide range of cases in which issues of foreign law or jurisdiction arise, including commercial law, insurance, product liability, environmental law, human rights and personal injury disputes. In respect of insurance, this includes jurisdictional disputes between insurance companies arising out of claims for contribution.
We act in high value international injury claims bought by individuals, arising from accidents abroad, especially involving catastrophic injuries or fatalities such as Brownlie v FS Cairo and Roberts v (1) SSAFA (2) MOD (3) Viersen, both of which were recently in the Supreme Court.
We also act on large group claims, many of which are subject to group litigation orders, regularly appearing in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal on these high-profile cases as well. Our members have been involved the recent leading cases including Lungowe v Vedanta Industries and Okpapi v Royal Dutch Shell in relation to environmental damage, and Kalme v African Minerals regarding alleged human rights abuses. These cases have been instrumental in defining the law of liability in relation to claims arising in emerging markets against anchor defendants domiciled in England and Wales and subsidiary companies domiciled abroad.
Members of our team have also been involved in various well-publicised group litigation concerning the Government including historical claims arising out of colonial abuses such as the Kenyan Emergency Group Litigation (Mau Mau), the Cyprus Emergency Litigation, and the Iraqi Civilians Litigation.
Our barristers have excellent experience of the Brussels Regulation, Rome I, the Private (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 and Rome II, with Marie Louise Kinsler KC appointed as National Rapporteur for UK and Ireland for the European Commission’s review into the application of Rome II in the member states.
We work in a number of languages, including French, German, Spanish, Dutch and Swedish and are called to the Bar in a number of foreign jurisdictions.
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