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Unfair caricature of a legal profession

Although I am a member of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland and chair its Strategy Group, which is tasked with redefining the role of the solicitor in Scotland, I write in a personal capacity, principally as your average high-street lawyer. I respond to Ian Fraser's article (The Herald, August 6), reporting on the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) supercomplaint into the legal services market in Scotland.

Although I am a member of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland and chair its Strategy Group, which is tasked with redefining the role of the solicitor in Scotland, I write in a personal capacity, principally as your average high-street lawyer.