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UK law firms including Clifford Chance, Freshfields and Farrer & Co have apologised for historic links to the slave trade and British imperialism following research by Law.com International.
June 19, 2020 at 06:11 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.com International
Some of the U.K.’s oldest and most prestigious law firms—from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance, to Farrer & Co and Gowling WLG—had ties to slavery and colonialism, research has found.
A Law.com International analysis of the University College London (UCL) database on the legacies of British slave ownership unearthed several deep ties between those working in law and the slave trade as well as other historic exploits that perpetuated racism.
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