If there are more than 100,000 practising solicitors (see [2005] Gazette, 30 June, 1) and they each pay approximately £900 for a practising certificate, then that means the annual income of the Law Society is around £90 million. With all that money, the Society should provide a much better service to practising solicitors than it does. In fact, in terms of value for money, I think it is probably the worst society membership in the world.

Ian Coupe, locum solicitor, Salford Quays, Manchester