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Sadly the days when the government of the day would be rocked by a demand from the Law Society are long gone. The anti-solicitor narrative has become too strongly entrenched and power and prestige has drained away.

I heard a radio broadcast the other week and a doctor was complaining bitterly that over recent years his colleagues had suffered red tape, constant interference and general attacks on their professionalism. Sound familiar?

The BMA provides an example of an organisation promoting professionalism and promoting its members.

The current strategy for solicitors is the modern equivalent of pointing lances at windmills and is about as effective.

What is required is a fundamental change of direction by the Law Society which is very overdue.