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.
Insights
Are adequacy of reasons (‘Meek’) appeals more likely to succeed today than they used to be? Niazi Fetto KC considers the latest trends in the caselaw and gives practical guidance on making and defending adequacy of reasons challenges.
Niazi acts for and advises claimants and respondents in all areas of employment law, including unfair dismissal, discrimination, harassment, redundancy, ill-health retirement, flexible working, transfer of undertakings and human rights issues. He is particularly sought after in the discrimination and human rights field. He is frequently instructed in cases concerning disability, health and safety at work, stress, bullying and harassment, to which he brings valuable experience and expertise from his corresponding specialism in employment-related personal injury and industrial disease litigation. Described in the 2023 directories as ‘A great advocate’ and ‘outstanding’ with ‘a tireless work ethic [and] a fierce intelligence’, Niazi took silk in 2023 and has a thriving appellate practice. His current cases include a challenge to the exclusion of the Employment Tribunal’s jurisdiction in armed forces disability discrimination cases, a landmark appeal on the scope of vicarious liability under s.109 Equality Act 2010 (H v MOD), and a religious discrimination appeal by a school chaplain disciplined for views expressed in his sermons (Randall v Trent College).