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But I'll point out two issues with the same - if you solely do Tribunal practice, you will face the following:
1. Overdependence on the Tribunal and restricted scope of work - you may specialise and be the best there, but your scope of work is limited, and if someday the work order of the Tribunal changes, you'll be affected, like if the Tribunal is done away with and matters go to HCs/Civil Courts.
2. Being tagged a Tribunal lawyer and Senior Designation - being called/labelled a tribunal lawyer is frowned upon. Someone practising in HC/SC may be briefed in a matter in a Tribunal and while they may not have much knowledge, they'll earn their fees (which will be more than what they charge in the HC/SC/wherever they are practising) and steal the show, and second, senior designations are still based on the HC/SC practice. Very few tribunal lawyers get designated. So that risk is there.