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.
A number of our barristers have significant experience of inquest work, covering all aspects of coronial law.
We appear in complex, lengthy and often controversial proceedings at every level in relation to cases which garner considerable public and media interest, and which demand exceptionally skilful and sensitive handling.
We are able to provide representation to all sides at an inquest including to bereaved individuals and families, NHS Trusts and clinical practitioners, government departments, insurers and other corporate entities. We are experienced in dealing with inquests arising from deaths in a healthcare setting as well as in many situations where deaths have taken place in irregular or unusual circumstances, such as suspected politically motivated assassinations, military deaths, gang murders, suicides, deaths in care, and accidents on the railways, the roads and on construction sites.
We are able to draw on experience gained in a wide variety of related areas such as professional negligence and clinical negligence, product liability, human rights, personal injury, employment, insurance and jurisdiction and our clients benefit hugely from this complementary expertise. We are consequently able to offer a “one stop” service for inquests, public inquiries, HSE prosecutions and civil claims in direct, contributory and group litigation.
We are particularly well regarded for the level of specialist knowledge we have in the area of life and health insurance, and we often attend inquests on behalf of Life Insurers following the death of a policy holder. Our experience in this arena spans cases concerning faked deaths, suicides, assassinations, complex medical conditions, disputes between insolvent policyholders and their trustees in bankruptcy, policies written under trust, forfeiture following death caused by the insured’s criminal act and failure to disclose dangerous lifestyles, such as membership of crime rings.
A recent high-profile and complex example of work includes acting on the five-week Inquest into the sudden death of Russian oligarch and whistleblower Alexander Perepilichnyy at the Old Bailey in Re: Alexander Perepilichnyy and Home Secretary v HM Senior Coroner [2017] 3 All ER 764, where we represented Legal and General.
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