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Sadly, governments only tend to respond positively when they are hit where it really hurts - in their budgets and ballots. If Catherine is able to harness the collective strength of the profession and prove, beyond reasonable doubt, that the proposed changes will be a net cost to our public finances (for example, due to the extra cost to the Courts of dealing with thousands of litigants in person), she will have served the profession well. She will also have increased the chances of the government securing the votes of those people who need expert support to secure justice.