Acid rain: The LSC (Legal Services Curse?) in Reading would not appear to be the happiest place to work; either that or they have some major computer gremlins.

Broadstairs firm Boys & Maughan recently received this letter via e-mail, with the skull and crossbones and an unhappy version of Mr Acid where the Legal Services Commission and Criminal Defence Service logos should be (and were on the hard copy, we should point out).

'Has the LSC changed its image?' asks Boys lawyer James Dillon, 'or is this an omen for all publicly funded work in the future?'