‘Concurrence’ is an unwieldy concept for the Government and legal profession to publicly lock horns over but it has happened.

Perhaps ‘independence’ rather more succinctly describes the tangle at the centre of the letter written on 1 June by Bar Council chairman Geoffrey Vos QC and the senior partners of the entire magic circle, calling on the Government to relent over plans to have the Lord Chancellor solely appoint senior members of the Legal Services Board.