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

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