Lawyer X and police informants: what is a lawyer's duty to their client and are there exceptions?
- Written by Elyse Methven, Lecturer in Law, University of Technology Sydney
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The police-informer relationship has come under scrutiny in the case of Lawyer X – a barrister who acted as counsel for a number of prominent criminal defendants. Victoria police initially reported Lawyer X had been registered as an informant between...