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
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