The issue of whether criminal lawyers can attend a Police
Interview has a couple of very simple answers: "yes they
can" and "yes we do".
I was contacted recently by a man who was struggling because his
criminal lawyer told him that criminal lawyers could not attend
Police interviews because they would then be a witness and not able
to represent them.
I must say, I have never understood whether lawyers say this
because they are reluctant to attend Police interviews or because
they truly do not understand the law.
I drew in my breath and repeated what I have said now and what I
have had to say hundreds of times over the years.
People have a right to be represented in an interview by a
lawyer attending with them. There are limits on what the lawyer can
do in the interview, but they are certainly allowed to be there.
There are a number of advantages in having a lawyer with you (from
starting to discuss resolution with police or getting a clearer
view of the case
