It seems the Legal Services Commission's Derek Hill has a little explaining to do. Readers of our Letters page may recall a recent epistle from Mr Hill disputing our claim about the length of the new means testing form. Mr Hill stated our article 'incorrectly claimed the application form is 26 pages long' - though he declined to mention how many pages it actually is. Interesting, then, that in the LSC's response to last week's story on means testing - which, sadly, the Gazette did not have room to include in full - Mr Hill should let slip: 'Solicitors say the forms are complex. That is not so. Applicants in receipt of benefits will only have to complete one "tick box" question about these benefits. No applicant will be expected to complete 26 pages, even in the most extreme scenario... 5 of the 26 pages are the interest of justice test which solicitors have filled in without concern until now.' So when is a 26-page form not a 26-page form? When it's a 21-page form with another five pages on the end, of course.