I accept Senator Walsh's point on the need for price competition and mechanisms to get legal services provided at the lowest price to the consumer. This is an important issue which I intend to raise with the legal professions once my workload, which is considerable, allows. It is on my agenda to approach the Bar Council and Law Society and request that these organisations address the specific issue of whether they are organising their affairs and performing their functions in a cost competitive manner or, on the contrary, operating on a basis that the legal profession's financial interest is given undue weight in dealings with clients.