What a refreshing, forthright article from Martin Mears (see [2008] Gazette, 11 September, 8).

It reminds me why he is one of the few Law Society presidents who was actually elected by his fellow solicitors and why I voted for him.

It is also an indictment of our current regulators, officers and representatives who are so terrified of being thought politically incorrect that they will not stand up to the government and assorted bureaucrats who think they know better than us.

I wish Mr Mears’s common sense and clarity could be used for the benefit of the legal profession in some capacity again.

Nick Hutchinson, Nick Hutchinson & Co, Cheltenham