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Advisory Division We advise Ministers and their Policymakers on the widest possible range of legal questions including questions of domestic, public and private law, and of European Community law, international law and human rights. 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. Children, Schools and Families Education is a Government priority and the work of the Division reflects that. Our lawyers advise the Department for Children, Schools and Families (previously DfES) on topics such as nursery education, schools and teachers, the curriculum and examinations, special educational needs, vocational training and universities. In the latter area, lawyers in the Division are engaged in implementing the Department's strategy on the future of higher education and student finance. We also advise the Department on the implications of EC and human rights law (including the emerging "right to education") for its policies. Cabinet Office and Central Advisory Division The Cabinet Office and Central Advisory Division (COCAD) 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.
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