Remembering our colleagues and friends in 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
Weekly roundup of Scots law in the headlines including Scottish KC cleared of misconduct — Monday June 15
You weekly roundup of Scots law in the headlines including the case of a top Scottish KC cleared of professional misconduct.
AI can draft the memo — but can it teach judgement?
As AI strips away the formative elements of junior legal training, we must deliberately cultivate virtues that were once absorbed through slow, imperfect human training, writes Corsino San Miguel.
Scottish Legal Awards nominees list revealed — 73 names already on 2026 shortlist
The judges have whittled down scores of entries to the 2026 Scottish Legal Awards to reveal a shortlist.
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