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.
We are experienced in a wide variety of psychiatric injury claims, including those concerning mental health issues such as panic and anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, debilitating phobias and chronic pain conditions, which typically involve a psychological element. Our members are frequently instructed to advise in complex secondary victims’ claims.
Much of our work in this area sits at the interface between psychiatric injury and employment law and we have a long established and excellent reputation for dealing with psychological trauma claims arising in the workplace. Many of our team are experts in occupational stress, statutory harassment, overwork, breach of contract and confidentiality claims and all forms of discrimination, including equal pay disputes and claims by members against their trade unions. We are also at the forefront of workplace issues arising out of COVID-19 and stress related claims emanating from extraordinary work situations and the subsequent impact on employer liability risks. A number of us have developed a niche specialism in the emerging field of discrimination in the provision of services.
Elsewhere our experience covers both contemporary and historic claims, and cases brought by individuals as well as group actions involving multiple parties, such as asylum seekers and those exploited through human trafficking. We are especially well-known for handling group litigation claims, often on behalf of the government, relating to recently acknowledged psychiatric issues suffered following historic human rights abuses, whether sexual, physical or psychological. Examples include the Kenyan Emergency Litigation and the important litigation arising out of the alleged abuses of child migrants to Australia and Rhodesia in the 1950’s and 1960’s. We also handle claims involving prisons and other secure institutions.
There is significant overlap with a number of our other practices and many of us have complementary expertise in areas such as sport, dealing with discrimination and psychological injury arising out of training methods and rehabilitation, health insurance when considering long term, chronic illness and insurance fraud, in relation to exaggerated or fundamental dishonesty claims. We are also expert in management liability regarding claims in an occupational setting, and in private international law, when issues of jurisdiction arise.
We are active speakers, lecturers and authors in all areas of psychiatric injury.
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