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Home > About the GLS > GLS Departments > Office of Fair Trading Office of Fair Trading “Making markets work well for consumers” The Office of Fair Trading is a non-ministerial Government Department, headed by the Board of the OFT (made up of the Chairman, the Chief Executive and executive and non-executive directors). It is the primary competition and consumer agency in the U.K. Purpose Its purpose is to help markets work well for consumers. The OFT has been given a wide range of enhanced duties and powers in the last decade. Its lawyers play key roles in exercising those duties and powers. The work of the office is intellectually challenging and provides significant job satisfaction. The OFT is located in the Fleet Street area of Central London.
OFT Lawyers There are about 90 legally qualified staff in the OFT (out of total work force of about 625). This is a very high proportion for a public body, reflecting the importance of the legal work of the Office. The lawyers work in many different areas and groups in the Office: providing advice on competition and consumer law and on the Offices market sector studies, in the Cartels and Mergers groups, and in the General Counsel's office (made up by the Litigation Unit and the Adjudication Unit - an in-house tribunal for consumer credit and estate agents cases; the General Counsel also gives general public law advice to the Office). The legal work is very varied - advisory, litigation, transactional, negotiations and investigations.
Vacation Placements The OFT is happy to provide placements for law students each summer via the GLS Vacation Placement Scheme.
Qualified Lawyer Vacancies Vacancies are advertised in external publications, usually The Lawyer and The Times, and also on the OFT website.
Location Lawyers are located at 2-6 Salisbury Square, London EC4Y 8JX.
Further Information For further information: Visit www.oft.gov.uk For an informal discussion about the work of OFT lawyers or regarding Vacation Placements within OFT, please contact: Omar Yaqub, Head of Litigation Unit |
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