Our principal activities are delivered as follows:
GLD has expert advisory teams specialising in the work of their client department, providing risk-based and solution-focused legal advice. GLD lawyers are crucial throughout the lifecycle of government policy. They advise on and draft legislation and work to take it through Parliament; advising departments and ministers on the legal implications of government policy, and ensuring it stands up to Parliamentary scrutiny.
GLD’s Litigation Group is comprised of 3 divisions: Defence and Security, Home Office and Immigration, and Justice and Development. Litigation lawyers handle high profile public and private law litigation for central government departments, security agencies, and other public bodies; including UK military and security bodies.
The divisions also undertake inquest, inquiry and injunctive work for GLD’s clients. Our litigation teams are currently handling approximately 22,000 pieces of litigation.
As one of the largest employment law practices in the country, GLD’s Employment Group advise on complex and fast-moving legal areas including: claims for unfair dismissal and relating to discrimination; pay issues; contractual issues and terms and conditions; and whistleblowing claims.
The TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment) and Transactional Hub provides specialist advice on employment and pensions issues to help manage employment-related risks, while the Industrial...
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