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I qualified in 1980, and for 10 years I was genuinely proud of the Legal System in England (and Wales). Legal Aid, along with wills, was operated as a loss leader, and reasonable profits could be made from conveyancing and probate. It all started falling apart in 1990 with the ending of the so-called "conveyancing monopoly", the introduction of advertising, and the beginning of the destruction of Legal Aid. We ceased to be a profession and became a trade; and the law started to become irrelevant for most people.