Clueless campaign

I do wonder if all the brokers who are currently touting for our professional indemnity business have a full understanding of the intricacies of the legal profession,' writes Colin McEwen of Swindon firm McEwens, attaching an advertisement from UK Facilities for a solicitors' PI scheme illustrated by a picture of 'the regulation middle-aged man in court dress', including a wig.

With a Watchdog-like tenacity, Obiter tackled the contact named in the advert, Neil Lyons, about whether he knew the difference between a solicitor and a barrister.

Insisting that he did, Mr Lyons said he thought it was a good marketing ploy; then he said he had not picked the picture.

With Obiter about to take an even more tenacious line of cross-examination, the line went dead.