BRUV JUSTICE; Lawyer takes brother to court in pounds 1.25m row over firm and property: EXCLUSIVE.Byline: NORMAN SILVESTER A TOP lawyer has taken his brother to court in a battle over who owns their lucrative practice. For more than 15 years Stephen Grady, 47, and brother Gerald, 52, jointly represented some of Scotland's most notorious criminals, including Jamie 'The Iceman' Stevenson. They worked together at offices at St Enoch St Enoch may refer to:
But they fell out last year and Stephen left and moved into other offices which they owned and set up a rival firm. Since then, the pair have barely spoken and they only communicate through letters from their own lawyers. Now, they have gone to court over who owns the firm and property worth an estimated pounds 1.25million. Last week, Gerald unsuccessfully applied for an order at Glasgow Sheriff Court Glasgow Sheriff Court is the main Court in Glasgow. It is located in the Gorbals area of the city and is the busiest court in Europe. [1] The Sheriff Court lies within the Sheriffdom of Glasgow & Strathkelvin. to stop Stephen selling two homes near Glasgow he owned which have a combined value of pounds 600,000. One is in Newton Mearns Coordinates: Newton Mearns is a small suburban town 7 miles southwest of Glasgow, Scotland on the main road to Ayrshire. It has a population of approximately 22,637,[1] and is 410 feet above sea level. , where his estranged wife Lorna lives and the second is in Cambuslang which he shares with his partner Claire Donoghue. Assets Gerald had claimed the homes are part of the assets of the firm and should not be sold until all other matters are resolved. He also tried to remove Stephen from his offices at St Enoch Square, which he says is owned by the firm. One Glasgow lawyer said: "They haven't got on for years. It was like Cain and Abel Cain and Abel In the Hebrew scriptures, the sons of Adam and Eve. According to Genesis, Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd. Cain was enraged when God preferred his brother's sacrifice of sheep to his own offering of grain, and he murdered ." The court battle is further complicated by the fact that a third office is tied up in the brothers' joint pension plan. Each brother has a 50 per cent share of the firm. Since the split, Gerald has taken over the affairs of Jamie Stevenson, who is serving 12 years for money laundering The process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal. Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds. offences. Yesterday, a spokesman for the brothers claimed the court action had all been a big mistake. He added: "A simple technical understanding, in respect of a business transaction between Stephen and Gerald, led to a court action being erroneously raised. "This has now ceased and the matter has been resolved amicably." n.silvester@sundaymail.co.uk CAPTION(S): Split: Gerald, above, and Stephen, main picture |
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