Just when you think the legal profession has finally got its collective head around this internet thingie, there comes a knock-back. A colleague called the Gazette newsdesk the other day to grumble about alleged bias in the selection of readers’ comments for printing on our weekly Feedback pages.

‘Who’s this Tiny Earl? You always print his comments.’ It took a moment for the penny to drop. ‘TinyURL…’. Two steps forward, one step back…