People in every branch of the legal profession arc qualified by long training and experience in the drawing-up of these documents in proper form. I am clear about it in my own mind that Parliament never intended that estate agents, and professional persons other than persons legally qualified, should make it part of their business to draw up these documents and say, "We do not charge for drawing up the documents." There was the case of an estate agent who put up a sign outside his office which said, "Land registry. Forms drawn up without fee." He had to attract people into his office, and although there was no fee on the account for drawing up the forms, he was making this work part of his general business. I am sure that Parliament intended to stop that sort of thing.

The Law Society want to protect the public by making clear the intention of Parliament. There is no doubt difficulty in establishing whether any fee has been taken by a land agent or a surveyor, but it is contrary to every intention of Parliament for these people to make this work a subsidiary part of their business. Where a man does the work in the hope of increasing his clientèle, the Law Society has made out a good case.