Remembering our colleagues and friends in September 2025

25th September 2025

MARIA FRANCESCA COOMBS, Edinburgh

On 18th September 2025, Maria Francesca Coombs, partner of the firm Coombs Solicitors and Notaries Limited, Edinburgh.

AGE: 61                                                                                             ADMITTED: 1995

 

KAREN GATHERUM, Aberdeen

On 2nd September 2025, Karen Gatherum, employee of the firm Gilson Gray LLP, Aberdeen.

AGE: 57                                                                                             ADMITTED: 2020

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