- British businesses join Courts and Legal Services Minister
KC to promote UK-Canada
legal services, worth over £200m in bilateral trade last year
- UK legal excellence given global stage at International Bar
Association conference in Toronto
- Part of Government's Plan for Change to boost international
investment in the economy
Leading law firms are heading to Canada to strengthen the UK's
foothold in a key global market, boosting the UK economy and
keeping the country at the heart of the international legal
industry.
Minister for Courts and Legal Services, KC, is visiting Canada's
financial and legal capital, Toronto, to promote UK business on
the world stage. She will lead a delegation attending the
International Bar Association (IBA) conference – the largest
global legal gathering.
The visit comes as recent figures reveal UK legal exports to
Canada reached £191 million in 2024 – making it the
10th largest market for British legal exports
worldwide. Britain's legal sector contributes £37 billion
annually to the economy and employs 384,000 highly-skilled
professionals.
English law forms the backbone of international trade and justice
around the world and is the basis for 40% of global corporate
deals.
Minister for Courts and Legal Services, KC MP, said:
"We're turbocharging the economy through our legal partnership
with Canada - worth an average of £195 million to the UK in
exports over the last three years.
“I'm looking forward to championing UK legal excellence on the
world stage in Toronto this week and reaffirming our position as
the first choice for international legal services.”
The IBA annual conference – the largest legal gathering of its
kind – will have more than 5,000 attendees from over 100
jurisdictions making this a key opportunity to promote British
business and English law around the world.
The Minister will be accompanied by 23 UK legal experts organised
by the Ministry of Justice's GREAT Legal Services campaign, to
promote Europe's largest legal market.
Maintaining the UK's status as the jurisdiction of choice for
legal services is central to the Government's Plan for Change to
kickstart economic growth.
