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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

SPONSORED: Why law firms should invest in a cyber incident response simulation

6th July 2026
Cyber resilience requires firms to have a proven and workable incident response plan that gives them the best chance to survive and recover from a serious cyber breach, writes Lindsay Hill, solicitor and CEO of Mitigo Cyber Risk Management.

Weekly roundup of Scots law in the headlines including calls to scrap Lord Advocate's dual role — Monday July 6

6th July 2026
You weekly roundup of Scots law in the headlines including an announcement by the Law Society of Scotland calling on the government to consult on changing the role of the Lord Advocate.

The end of the affair: Are partnerships no longer lawyers’ chosen corporate relationships?

3rd July 2026
Will the traditional partnership structure still appeal to lawyers in years to come? Peter Ranscombe reports.
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