Rebranding The Past - New Law Journal

• Published date: 30 July 2021
• Subject Matter: Government, Public Sector, Constitutional & Administrative Law, Fiscal & Monetary Policy
• Law Firm: Russell-Cooke Solicitors
• Author: Mr John Gould

Individuals are rarely memorialised, whether by the naming of buildings or institutions or by the erection of statues, on the basis of a holistic view of their moral worth. Memorials are created on the basis of people as symbols of something which has meaning to those doing the naming and with which they wish to be associated.

A problem then arises if that name is subsequently branded as a symbol of something else.

Russell-Cooke Senior Partner John Gould reflects in New Law Journal on historical ideals...