Strike Force Raptor Intimidated Solicitor

The article which appeared in yesterday's Sydney Morning Herald by Georgina Mitchell was a shocking but unsurprising look into an extreme example of NSW Police harassment against a criminal defence lawyer. Sadly this story was fairly familiar to me and I am sure many other solicitors who work in criminal defence law. I have invited my colleagues to submit some horror stories to me so that I can share them here and will also be sharing some horror stories of my own in the coming days. Ongoing harassment by NSW Police against criminal defence lawyers is often a big part of why defence lawyers suffer some of the highest rates of anxiety and depression.