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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.
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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.
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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.
Insights
Rehana Azib KC represented the successful Respondents in this 2-day appeal that examined where the key EAT decisions of Grainger and Forstater have really set the bar for the protection of beliefs under the Equality Act 2010. The decision has effectively corrected what seems to have been a misconception amongst employment lawyers, that the earlier EAT decision of Forstater had somehow lowered the bar for qualifying beliefs. The Appellant relied on the political belief of English Nationalism, and a key part of that decision was that there is no place in Britain for Islam or Muslims. The EAT dismissed the appeal, finding that such views offend Article 17 of the European Convention of Human Rights and therefore fall outside of the ECHR’s protection. Whilst the Appellant is free to hold whatever beliefs he wishes, the EAT made it clear that he was outside the right to complain of discrimination under the Equality Act 2010, in relation to those beliefs. The decision will no doubt come as a great relief to many, including Muslims, particularly in light of the recent political climate and issues within Britain.
The judgment can be viewed here.
Rehana Azib KC was instructed by Courtney Janotta, Bevan Brittan