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The Law Society president does have a gift for the mot juste.

Buying a home is the largest financial transaction most people carry out, and is held to be one of life's most stressful events.

I was therefore fascinated to see conveyancing described as 'not of earth-shattering importance to the client' (see [2001] Gazette, 1 November, 3).

Not, perhaps, to the lender client - however, I think the poor souls who pay our bills may disagree.Paul Heritage-Redpath, Videss Ltd, Halifax