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.
At 2TG, our employment team comprises specialist advocates who have extensive experience of acting for clients in all aspects of employment law.
We represent every level of employee and a broad range of public and private sector clients. We are instructed by a wide range of claimants and respondents, including multi-national companies, City institutions, Premier League football clubs, local authorities, trades unions, government departments and NHS Trusts.
Our barristers have significant experience in acting in large scale High Court disputes between employers and employees. Such disputes focus on restrictive covenants, confidential information and trade secrets and breaches of contractual, fiduciary and directors’ duties. This includes claims with an international dimension, raising issues of choice of forum and territorial scope. Members of our group have extensive experience of applying for urgent interim relief to enforce restrictive covenants and to restrain the misuse of confidential information.
We are experts in occupational stress and harassment and all forms of discrimination claims, including equal pay disputes and claims by members against their trade unions.
We advise on non-contentious employment matters including remuneration arrangements, employee status and confidential information, as well as drafting employment contracts, company policies and LLP and shareholder agreements.
Some of us practice in both employment law and other relevant areas including personal injury, commercial fraud, insurance and sport, and bring specialist knowledge to bear from these other areas of practice. We are especially well known for acting on cases which consider the convergence of employment law and psychiatric injury in the workplace, the overlap with disciplinary and regulatory law and the interaction between employment law and commercial law in the protection of businesses.
We can accept instructions from members of the public and corporations under the Public Access Scheme.
Our members deliver a monthly 15 minute webinar programme in which we present on the developments in employment law over the previous month.
Information about our specialist areas of employment work can be found at the links below.
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