This year marks a special anniversary for Barrett & Thomson – a firm which has been providing legal services to Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead for 200 years.

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‘A lot has changed since 1824, when Charles Barrett set up his law practice in Eton High Street,’ senior partner Claire Fitzgerald wrote in the local chamber of commerce magazine. ‘Little did he envisage that 200 years later not only would his practice still be in existence, but the two equity partners would both be women, Claire Fitzgerald and Kate Matharoo. Then women could not become solicitors or vote and married women could not own property in their own names.’

Fitzgerald said the firm continues to act for generations of local families and remains committed to creating a future generation of lawyers, with numerous trainee solicitors passing through its offices over the decades.

Here’s to the next 200 years.

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