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How do we reconcile so called McKenzie Friends with the Legal Services Act 2007 which provides that it is a criminal offence inter alia to exercise a right of audience (S. 12.(1).(a)) or conduct litigation (S. 12.(1).(b)) unless that person is entitled to do so. I have a buffoon on the other side of a litigation matter ('acting' for the claimant and referring to him in pleadings as his 'client'). On his so called particulars of claim it is headed with his name 'as McKenzie Friend and legal Representative'. The document is so far removed from being CPR compliant - three pages long repeating itself over and over, no paragraph spacing let alone paragraph numbers. He also said in a side letter that he will be 'representing' his 'client' in court. Why should we have to put up with this garbage when as solicitors we are obliged to observe the rules, and to suffer enormous insurance premiums in order to practice.