THE boy from Wingham - the Chief Justice of the High Court, Murray Gleeson - has gone a long way, but he's sad more lawyers aren't going in the other direction. He thinks too many solicitors are flocking to the tall towers of city firms and not enough to the suburbs and the country to advise families and small business. He has told the 75th anniversary of the country firm Stacks, which began in his home town, that solicitors could do "a great deal of good" by giving ordinary people sensible, practical advice. It was enormously important to have them asking clients: "Do you really want to enter into that transaction? Do you really think that's a wise form of disposition in your will? Do you really think this dispute is worth pursuing?" But there is a looming shortage of qualified bush lawyers to ask these questions.