A broad view of legal injustice, from K to Y

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When the legal system mirrors the nightmare of Kafka’s Josef K (A man called Y, G2, 6 June), we should ask who is responsible. A key component is any lawyer taking part in the Special Immigration Appeals Commission. The procedures there are greatly at variance with any idea of justice, but many seemingly distinguished lawyers and judges are prepared to participate. How revealing that a mass boycott has never been attempted.Roger SceatsSolicitor, Surbiton, Surrey

• Joseph Cocker (Letters, 1 July) tells us that rural bus service anomalies include “one company permitting dogs on board and another not, and one-day rover tickets being only valid on certain services”. Presumably it is the dog-friendly operators who accept the rover tickets?Barry RamshawBristol

• Talking of musical knock-offs (Smash & grab, G2, 3 July), has anyone else noticed the similarity between Drones, title track of Muse’s latest album, and the Benedictus from the Missa Papae Marcelli of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (died 1594)?Bruce PurvisWinchester, Hampshire

• Kim Willsher says her interview with the French mayor (4 July) was interrupted for 45 minutes while Kim’s phone kept buzzing with incoming messages. Why didn’t she turn it off before the interview?Graham LeeOakham, Rutland

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• I’ve seen a couple of truly shocking productions of Strauss’s Salome where the heroine keeps her clothes on, in direct contravention of the composer’s intentions (Letters, 4 July).Gary CarpenterWest Kirby

• What has happened to the sudoku (G2, 6 July)? Where is the rotational symmetry (of order 2)?Jane BrimicombeAylesbury, Buckinghamshire

• Keith Flett again (Letters, 6 July)? Has Maryam stamped his loyalty card?Toby WoodPeterborough, Cambridgeshire