Victorian police spent $4.52m on legal costs to protect Lawyer X’s safety

Police lost their two-year battle to stop prosecutors releasing information about a gangland lawyer’s role as an informer

Police in Victoria spent $4.52m in legal costs attempting to prevent the release of information about the use of a gangland lawyer as an informant.

Suppression orders preventing the publication of information about what has become known as the Lawyer X or Informer 3838 case were lifted by the high court on Monday, following a two-year legal battle.

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