Our lawyers are highly skilled in the areas of statutory interpretation, drafting statutory instruments and other subordinate legislation, preparing instructions for Bills to be drafted by Parliamentary Counsel and advising Ministers and Policy Administrators during the passage of the Bill through Parliament.

Treasury Legal Advisers
We advise HM Treasury as well as a number of other bodies including the Office of National Statistics, the Royal Mint, the Cabinet Office (Civil Service Pensions) and National Savings.

Our lawyers advise on a diverse range of matters including government finance to public/private partnerships, from EMU to the Future of Europe, from pensions to prospectuses. Half the team work on financial services.

For example members of the team were heavily involved in the implementation of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, which brought about a wholesale reform of the regulation of banking, insurance and investment business, and entailed a vast programme of secondary legislation.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Our recent work includes advice on the Wembley Project, the Lottery, and London’s bid to hold the 2012 Olympic Games, as well as general employment law advice and more specialist assistance in the areas of alcohol licensing and gambling.

Department for Education
Education is a Government priority and the work of the Division reflects that. Our lawyers advise the Department for Education (previously DCSF) on a wide variety of topics including schools and teachers, the curriculum and examinations, special educational needs, early years, children’s services and safeguarding.

Central Advisory Division
The Central Advisory Division (CAD) provides legal advisory services for most parts of the Cabinet Office (European Secretariat's needs are met by the European Division). Our Public Law Team has a broad client base within Government, including the Department for International Development, and among non-departmental public bodies that have a need for advice on functions, the exercise of powers and other administrative law issues.

European Division
The European Division provides and co-ordinates legal services in support of the Government's policies in relation to the European Union. It advises the European Secretariat of the Cabinet Office, conducts all litigation on behalf of the UK in the European Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg, and through coordination seeks to ensure a consistent approach to questions of Community law among UK Departments and the Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh administrations.

Defra Legal Advisers
Through Defra, the Government aims to support British farming and encourage sustainable food production; enhance the environment and biodiversity to improve quality of life; and to support a strong and sustainable green economy, resilient to climate change.

Defra Legal Advisers therefore provide advice to the Department on a very wide range of policy areas, including food, farming and fisheries; the promotion of animal health and welfare; the protection of the natural environment; water supply, resources and regulation; flooding; sustainable development and rural communities. We also regularly provide support and advice to Defra policy teams on EU and International agreements and negotiations.