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Remembering our colleagues and friends in November 2025

18th November 2025

KENNETH WILLIAM PATERSON, Avoch

 

On 2nd November 2025, Kenneth William Paterson, sole partner of the firm Kenneth Paterson, Paisley.

 

AGE: 54                                                                                     

ADMITTED: 1994

 

 

STEPHEN JAMES McDONAGH, Livingston

 

On 5th October 2025, Stephen James McDonagh, partner of the firm Anderson Strathern LLP, Edinburgh

 

AGE: 60                                                                                           

ADMITTED: 2000

 

 

RODERICK IAIN DUNCAN ANDERSON, (retired solicitor), Glasgow

 

On 15th August 2025, Roderick Iain Duncan Anderson, formerly partner and latterly consultant of the firm Biggart Baillie, Glasgow.

 

AGE: 81                                                                                            

ADMITTED: 1969

Remembering our colleagues and friends in April 2026

30th March 2026
The Society has shared a list of obituaries so that the profession can remember those who played a part in the legal sector in Scotland.

Weekly roundup of Scots law in the headlines including Suzanne’s Law changes in force — Monday March 30

30th March 2026
This week's review of all the latest headlines from the world of Scots law and beyond includes a change in parole rules — dubbed Suzanne’s Law after Suzanne Pilley – which came into force across Scotland.

SPONSORED: Will Notice - Mrs Geraldine Helen MCAULEY (nee Morrison)

27th March 2026
Would anyone with knowledge of a Will of Mrs Geraldine Helen MCAULEY, who formally resided at 31B Marshall Grove, Hamilton, ML3 8NJ and who died on 23 February 2026, please contact Mr. Irvine at Frank Irvine Solicitors, 63 Carlton Place, G5 9TW. Tel: 0141 375 9000 or email [email protected].
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