Council defeats legal challenge over decision to rename square called after Elizabethan sailor with slave trade links – Local Government Lawyer

Posted December 8th, 2020 in change of name, consultations, local government, names, news, roads by sally

‘A district judge has rejected a legal challenge over a decision by Plymouth City Council to change the name of a square from an Elizabethan sailor associated with the slave trade, Sir John Hawkins, to a black footballer, Jack Leslie.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 8th December 2020

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk