I read with interest the interview with the new LSC chief executive Carolyn Downs. I am very sorry to hear that she is upset by what she sees as aggressive and adversarial behaviour on the part of legal aid providers. Unless she masters the facts of her brief rather than the spin, I suspect she will need to brace herself for more. She reiterates that there will be at least five providers of legal aid in each procurement area. In mine there is now to be one. What possible hope is there for us and the public when even those running the LSC do not know what is going on?

Ken Pearson , partner, Blight Skinnard Solicitors, Saltash, Cornwall