Cops’ ‘unacceptable practices’ highlighted at meeting, Bar tells members
The Bar Council has informed the police of the difficulties faced by legal practitioners in serving documents to the force’s investigating officers (IOs), insisting that some of the officers’ practices were “unacceptable”.
At a meeting with representatives of the Attorney-General’s Chambers and the police in August, the council highlighted instances of IOs refusing to accept the documents, imposing conditions and requesting payments.
“The Bar Council reiterated that such practices are unacceptable,” its criminal law committee co-chairs Ravi Chandran Subash Chandran and Vivek Sukumaran said in a circular to members.
A lawyer told FMT the documents involved include subpoenas taken out by legal firms requiring IOs to attend court hearings as witnesses.
“This is where some of them…
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