Writing in this week’s NLJ, Jon Robins looks at the issue of duty police station solicitors advising their clients remotely
The right of a person to have a legal aid lawyer physically with them when detained or interviewed by the police was suspended last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, advice is given remotely.
Robins looks at the implications of this, and asks whether miscarriages of justice could occur as a result.
