I cant adequately put into words how much I will miss Claire .She was the best colleague any of us in Harper Macleod could have wished for .She was my most favourite ,lovely person .
Claire joined us from University in July 2002. An inspired choice of Laura Vernett and they were to become the best of friends as well as business Partners in HM .
Claire quickly became the most popular of colleagues and nothing was ever too much trouble for her . She had an amazing ,disarming smile . I always felt her smile melted away any business worries or concerns I had . She was ,without doubt ,the most admired and loved colleague in HM .
As the world of legal services changed we moved to a new opportunity of competitive tendering for legal work , mostly from hoped for Public Sector clients . Claire took on the role as head of tenders and without her , HM would not be the success it now is . Claire cared passionately about the Firm . She recognised that being successful in our tender opportunities could help us climb the ladder from the level of a very small firm to what we are now - one of Scotland’s largest and leading law firms . Claire worked patiently and tirelessly to produce the best tender responses we could and often where we had little or no track record in the area of work . We consistently beat the best of our competitors and under Claire’s careful direction became “the firm to watch” . I remember several occasions working on tenders into the early hours with Claire and Laura and ordering takeaways to keep us all going until the tender was completed . No matter how tired Claire was - the tender response needed to be perfect . With Claire in charge ,we consistently won against the odds confounding even some sceptics from within the Firm who expressed the view that the tender was unwinnable . I am in no doubt that without Claire many of us would either not be with HM or would not be carrying out the legal services requirement of many of our key Public Sector clients . Her contribution to HM’s success was immense and unique .
She was a joy to work with and never complained even in the most trying of circumstances . She won everybody over with her smile and warm personality . Nobody wanted to let Claire down .
She organised numerous client events and conferences .She was the best of us all as an ambassador for the behaviours and culture of HM . So many of our stakeholders and clients will miss Claire too .
On hearing of Claire’s passing it was for everyone a painful and terrible shock . For me it is now a lasting, persistent sadness coupled with bewilderment . When Claire announced her engagement to Ally we were all just so thrilled .Our favourite person was to move into a new world of happiness and fulfillment.The birth of Callum was met with collective joy and celebration . We were just so pleased for Claire .
I was forever pestering Laura - how is Claire ,baby Callum and Ally ? Her happiness was not just important but a source of joy to so many of us . All in HM will miss Claire .She touched so many of our lives in such a positive and meaningful way . I miss and will miss Claire immeasurably. I will always smile when I think of Claire and be thankful that she was an important person in my life . Lorne
I cant adequately put into words how much I will miss Claire .She was the best colleague any of us in Harper Macleod could have wished for .She was my most favourite ,lovely person .
Claire joined us from University in July 2002. An inspired choice of Laura Vernett and they were to become the best of friends as well as business Partners in HM .
Claire quickly became the most popular of colleagues and nothing was ever too much trouble for her . She had an amazing ,disarming smile . I always felt her smile melted away any business worries or concerns I had . She was ,without doubt ,the most admired and loved colleague in HM .
As the world of legal services changed we moved to a new opportunity of competitive tendering for legal work , mostly from hoped for Public Sector clients . Claire took on the role as head of tenders and without her , HM would not be the success it now is . Claire cared passionately about the Firm . She recognised that being successful in our tender opportunities could help us climb the ladder from the level of a very small firm to what we are now - one of Scotland’s largest and leading law firms . Claire worked patiently and tirelessly to produce the best tender responses we could and often where we had little or no track record in the area of work . We consistently beat the best of our competitors and under Claire’s careful direction became “the firm to watch” . I remember several occasions working on tenders into the early hours with Claire and Laura and ordering takeaways to keep us all going until the tender was completed . No matter how tired Claire was - the tender response needed to be perfect . With Claire in charge ,we consistently won against the odds confounding even some sceptics from within the Firm who expressed the view that the tender was unwinnable . I am in no doubt that without Claire many of us would either not be with HM or would not be carrying out the legal services requirement of many of our key Public Sector clients . Her contribution to HM’s success was immense and unique .
She was a joy to work with and never complained even in the most trying of circumstances . She won everybody over with her smile and warm personality . Nobody wanted to let Claire down .
She organised numerous client events and conferences .She was the best of us all as an ambassador for the behaviours and culture of HM . So many of our stakeholders and clients will miss Claire too .
On hearing of Claire’s passing it was for everyone a painful and terrible shock . For me it is now a lasting, persistent sadness coupled with bewilderment . When Claire announced her engagement to Ally we were all just so thrilled .Our favourite person was to move into a new world of happiness and fulfillment.The birth of Callum was met with collective joy and celebration . We were just so pleased for Claire .
I was forever pestering Laura - how is Claire ,baby Callum and Ally ? Her happiness was not just important but a source of joy to so many of us . All in HM will miss Claire .She touched so many of our lives in such a positive and meaningful way . I miss and will miss Claire immeasurably. I will always smile when I think of Claire and be thankful that she was an important person in my life . Lorne