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I noted with sadness that the Advertising Standards Authority has dismissed the complaint against the 'Ditch the Bitch' campaign.

We have moved from the situation where to advertise in itself was a breach of our code of conduct, to a situation where, apparently, we are now entitled to attract business by describing the lay client on the other side of a matrimonial dispute as 'bitch'.Once again, just when I think the profession can not stoop any lower, it surprises me and bends over even further.John Vassallo, Vassallo & Lewis, London