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The skill of being a successful financial journalist, on the other hand, is turning technical bumph into readable copy and, frankly, there are not many chances in this job to marry the two.

But then, having sat through the second two day round of stop/start mind-numbing minutiae of the tribunal hearings on the LAUTRO charges fiasco, I thought to myself that the two are not that far removed after all and here could be the makings of a first class novel.

I was, in fact, quite shocked by many aspects of the whole tribunal process. Banished into the hinterland of the waiting room when the tribunal went into yet another closed session, I pondered how much the FSA was paying Charles Flint, QC out of your hard earned fees to argue its case.

I put this question to the FSA and, shock number one, was told that this info was not generally available and I would have to apply for it under the Freedom of Information Act . This I did, but it was not forthcoming by the time we went to press.

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