I refer to the letter from David Kirwan ‘Writing on the wall’. When I started the Legal Practice Course in September 1996, I was astounded to be given a spelling and grammar test, particularly since the last time I had done anything like that had been when I was at school (quite a few years previously). I was quite incredulous that we would still have to be tested on our spelling, given that we were all graduates, and I thought that somebody was playing a practical joke. Sadly not.

Inéz L Collier, Kennard Wells, London E11