Government Legal Profession

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Administrative & public law

The public law Bar spans the full range of administrative, public and constitutional law.

Aviation/aerospace

An aviation barrister will be used in disputes from everything from aircraft leasing and insurance to disasters, hijackings and theft.

Banking & finance

Barristers and banks generally cross paths when something costly has gone wrong in relation to a transaction or product.

Civil law

Civil law involves relations between persons, and between persons and organisations.

Civil liberties & human rights

Human rights law is essential for a fair society where all are protected, including the vulnerable.

Company law

Company law is relevant to almost everything a company does, from filing annual returns to proper procedure in relation to board decisions.

Competition

Competition and regulatory work involves a mixture of commercial, public and European law.

Employment

Employment lawyers handle a variety of issues, including unfair dismissal, discrimination, redundancy, equal pay and whistleblowing claims.

European Union and international

Employment barristers may appear before the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, international tribunals and domestic courts.

Immigration

Immigration lawyers deal with all legal matters relating to immigration and nationality.

Insolvency/restructuring

Some of the biggest insolvencies have billions of pounds at stake, so there can be lucrative work for barristers.

IP barristers advise on issues such as infringement disputes, issues on validity of registered IP rights, and commercial agreements that deal either exclusively with IP rights or with IP rights in the wider context of larger commercial transactions.

Personal injury

Personal injury law falls under the law of tort and involves civil claims brought to obtain compensation for injuries.

Planning/environment

Planning law regulates the way property owners use and develop their property in the interests of the wider community.

Professional negligence

Barristers involved in this field deal with claims against professionals such as architects, accountants, solicitors and financial advisers.

Property

Property law (now sometimes labelled as real estate) embraces a wide range of work, including real property, such as contracts for sale, covenants and land registration, trusts over land; and commercial and residential tenancies involving issues as diverse as disrepair, possession claims, succession and assignment.

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Learn more about Government Legal Profession

102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9GL
Phone: 0845 3000 793
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.gov.uk/glp

Mini-pupillages:	No
Minimum qualification:	2:2 degree