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, we have considerable experience working with manufacturing clients, distributers and retailers as well as their insurers and reinsurers in relation to product law. We advise across a range of highly regulated sectors including life sciences, health and beauty, automotive and aviation, consumer goods and heavy industry.
The increasingly complex issues arising out of global manufacturing and distribution, international supply chain networks and the importance placed on reputation have all contributed to the demand for our advice in this area. We are well placed to assist clients, from small local businesses to large multinational companies, on all commercial law matters relating to product manufacturing and any subsequent defects and deficiencies.
We are especially well known for our ability to manage complex multi-jurisdictional product liability litigation due to our expertise in private international law, providing specialist advice and representation on jurisdiction, conflict of law, applicable law and related issues, including enforcement of judgments. The emphasis on the ‘internationalisation’ of work plays to our strength in this area.
We are also specialists at running the mass tort litigation which frequently arises in relation to product failures. This can be both domestic and international group litigation and across a wide range of industry areas. Recent and current examples include acting on the high-profile diesel emissions litigation, disputes in relation to cladding defects, claims concerning metal hip and inter-ocular lens replacement and breast and sterilisation implants, and cases regarding the effects of drugs and vaccinations.
We often draw on our related areas of expertise in insurance, in relation to coverage, clinical negligence and personal injury, in relation to medical devices and pharmaceutical claims, property damage, when defective products are often at the root of fire and flood damage, and professional negligence.
We are also frequently instructed to advise and appear in Public Inquiries and Investigations, many of which are established to scrutinise the failings of products and systems, on related inquests and also in commercial litigation arising from the defects in question. Recent relevant examples include the Grenfell Public Inquiry, the Post Office Inquiry and the Blood Inquiry.
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