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Quite correct, My Lord, the press gets hold of one bad case of default, or negligence, or both and portrays the whole profession in that light. But it is like hospitals in Wales. They are not all bad, but to judge from the media you could be forgiven for thinking they are. And this must add to the claim culture.

But quite what the LS and SRA can do about that is hard to say. Default, especially if deliberate, should perhaps always be reported to the police. In that way the state can pay for the investigation and prison is the likely outcome. That might concentrate one or two minds a little harder.