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Jon Boxall’s blog features the sorry tale of a solicitor who clearly hasn’t got to grips with modern technology<\/a>. Made me laugh, although I do hope Jon got somewhere with his conveyancing in the end… poor bloke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jon Boxall’s blog features the sorry tale of a solicitor who clearly hasn’t got to grips with modern technology. 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