Carol EL. The most farcical change is that you now have to get a licence if you hold a wholly private gathering to sing carols for fundraising in a private house amongst people already known to each other. Before you say "no change", check the facts.

Sellers pack. Have you ever tried suing a surveyor? I have. And I'm a lawyer but I never do conveyancing, so I have no vested interes, but I used to when I was younger (articled to one of the great legends in conveyancing, did the conveyancing for some famous judges and legal authors who wrote about land law) so I know what I'm talking about. Not all lawyers are con artists, although many of the slugs that came out of the woodwork after the Thatcherite glorification of greed and selfishness are. I've been a partner in big city lawfirms too, so I know that too. Many small lawyers are still there to do good for their clients and to get them justice etc. Been there, done that, too.

And just what do you do if you have to sell up to clear debts? At present you can do a deal with the surveyor to pay him when the deal goes through (with a longstop date), or have a cheap survey, or go rented. Under the new system you'll have to borrow to get the survey, and we all know how easy it is to borrow from banks when they are calling your overdraft at the time. I've had to contemplate all these too.

The problems with UK conveyancing are caused by the idiots who want something for nothing and stampede to the cut-price conveyancers who leave a skilled job to secretaries and hope their insurance cover holds. Have you ever tried dealing with a "licensed conveyancer" who has no idea of the law he is trying to apply? Again, I have.

Before you indulge your prejudices, try to find out some facts first.

The sellers pack is just another cynical politician's ploy to try to get popular by attacking a soft target. It will cause far more problems than it solves.

Car Clampers: the leading case about car clamping (Vine -v- Waltham)centred on the illegal clamping of a car by Waltham Forest council. I've had to row with them about parking fines (not mine) before, and again I have real experience of their attitude.   Have all clamping done by a council? Hope a Council will apologise when it gets it wrong? Which planet are you from?