MONEY MATTERSI write in support of Richard Arnold (see [2001] Gazette, 25 January, 20).

Many years ago, when I was a young solicitor, I was advised by a friend never to accept the cheque of a sole practitioner on completion.He was left 'carrying the can' when he had done so and the paying solicitor had died overnight.

He had to pay his client at once and await the receipt of the money until probate was obtained.Noel Richardson, consultant, Morton Fisher, Kidderminster