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My comments keep getting deleted. Maybe if I say how great, inspirational and ground-breaking this deal is, they will be allowed to stay.

Incidentally, as set out above we are all luddites and this will go ahead and we will all be either bankrupt or working in Tesco's.

The proof that this is so, of course is history. Look at these examples:-

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/co-op-abs-will-help-end-advice-deserts/68401.article (unknown date)

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/falconer-stuns-with-green-light-to-mdps/44015.article (from 2005 - consumers to be given lower priced, better quality legal services)

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/law-firms-are-ripe-for-investment-top-banker-says-as-shadow-of-abss-looms/45245.article (October 2006 - ABN Amro bank was going to revolutionise legal services, etc.)

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/abs-dominance-could-push-smaller-firms-out-of-market/52101.article (August 2009 - College of Law says all solicitors will close down and be replaced by supermarkets)

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/nothing-is-off-the-cards-in-abs-era-says-co-op/57858.article (October 2010 - CoOp is going to close down all the law firms, but may allow some to become franchisees)

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/solicitors-not-doing-enough-to-market-themselves-as-abss-approach/58065.article (November 2010 - all solicitors are luddites with no business acumen or financial skills and will go into insolvency due to not marketing themselves properly).

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/solicitors-to-promote-own-high-street-brand/49383.article (Feb 2009 - QualitySolicitors will have 100 firms and compete with Supermarket brands. Law Society endorses this and tells solicitors to sign up)

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/exclusive-legal-price-comparison-site-set-to-break-new-ground/56626.article (August 2010 - Wigster.com , a price comparison site, will take over the world backed by equity capital, etc.)

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/solicitors-offer-air-miles-for-legal-work-in-new-loyalty-card-scheme/52207.article (September 2009 - QUality Solicitors will offer airmiles and attract customers).

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/lawnet-to-strengthen-solicitor-brand-with-new-website/53293.article (November 2009 - LawNet.com will take over the world and has lots of members and is growing etc.)

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/lawyers2you-national-franchise-set-for-launch/61977.article (September 2011 - Lawyers2You will take over the world, have national advertising, have hundreds of members, everyone else will go bust,e tc.)

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/firms-ignoring-abs-impact-are-sticking-their-heads-in-sand/60016.article (April 2011 - if you don't become an ABS or get a job working for one you will go bust)

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/analysis/brands-and-the-market-share-land-grab/62080.article (September 2011 - Brands have all the market share of solicitors practice, including Quality Solicitors, Legal Zoom, Lawyers2You, etc.)

AND MY FAVOURITE

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/quoted-company-buys-pi-firm-in-abs-first/63935.article (January 2012 - a company called Quindell Portfolio is going to take over the world and all other firms will go bust).