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 at 2TG are very proud of this competition, which is open to all students in tertiary education, and forms part of Chambers’ commitment to social mobility and the removal of barriers to accessing the Bar.
Now in its 10th year, The Times 2TG Moot is a joint initiative between us at 2TG and The Times newspaper. The aim of the moot is to provide the most open and accessible mooting competition in the country and to enable students from all backgrounds and tertiary education institutions to participate.
As a set of chambers, we have long placed an emphasis on oral advocacy, believing that there is no substitute for oral argument and debate in getting to the nub of an issue. We (as do many other chambers) reward pupillage applicants who have gained experience and shown excellence in mooting.
However, we are all too aware that mooting competitions may appear inaccessible and something of a ‘closed-shop’. Mindful of this, we devised The Times 2TG Moot in 2015/16, which is open to all tertiary education students.
For the first time, the 2022/23 format incorporated moot workshops with school students around London. The workshops included a plenary session with the students explaining the role of a barrister and the routes to a career at the Bar. We had the pleasure of hosting the students from the academy schools at the moot semi-final at the Royal Courts of Justice in November 2022. We hope to have inspired some future competitors, and future rising stars. We were delighted to work with Lampton School, Oasis Southbank and Newham Collegiate Sixth Form and hope to incorporate other schools in future years.
Whether the mooters go on to apply to 2TG or to pursue a career elsewhere, we are delighted to have encouraged and supported students in this key aspect of their legal education and hope that, with the continued invaluable support and coverage from The Times, we have made some contribution to broadening access to the profession.
If you would like to apply, please complete and return the standard application form.
You can access full details of the rules of the competition on this page.
The important dates for the 2024/2025 mooting competition can be found here.
You can find answers to common queries here and contact details for anything else.
We have set out some hints and tips for preparing and deploying your moot submissions.
Please follow the link below to view The Times 2TG Moot Competition First Round Problem 2024/25.
We have had lots of media coverage in relation to the Moot and you can see some of what has been said here.