There are a few solicitors in my family and ALL of them have done and are doing pro bono work, and do voluntary work for the CAB. Obviously this is not all the work they do, but it is work carried out for strangers who couldn't otherwise afford their services. Do gas engineers carry out a similar service? I doubt it. I used to work in the music industry and I have had contracts looked over by colleagues of theirs free of charge. Tony Agile for sure gives some good advice freely on this forum. However, this:-
Agile said:
In the snooty legal world a solicitor just would not be promoted if their husband was known to be " just a plumber "!
is drivel and smacks of nothing other than sour grapes.