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04:38 pm - Anonymous....the solicitor "brand" has always been toxic to the public as long as I can remember. People have never liked the idea that someone else understand something better than they do and that they have to pay that person to help them through. I'm sure we'd all like not to have to rely on all sorts of experts and have to pay them, but that's life. My circumstances are not unlike yours (04.30pm) except that I am still working but on a self-employed basis and am just as busy as I ever was. I'm not sure I'd re-train in my 50's although I do have to say that if I was currently about 40 I would not hesitate. The current position has been deliberately inflamed by successive Governments since the 80's who don't want a strong legal profession...and they are doing a great job because it seems that the individuals in the profession are incapable of doing anything meaningfull to fight back...but perhaps that is the fault of The Law Society who have spectacularly failed to inspire us all to do anything - actually let's face it they haven't even tried to inspire us which is pretty disgraceful and I really do wonder what TLS is actually for. the persons in charge are clearly too worried about ruffling feathers which make TLS as much use as a chocolate teapot. Feathers desperately need a lot of ruffling!