Law Council defends Victorian legal profession in wake of Lawyer X scandal

Council president said revelations were ‘troubling’ and criticised Victoria Police for allowing practice to occur

The Law Council of Australia has defended the integrity of the Victorian legal profession in the wake of the Lawyer X scandal, following “troubling” revelations that as many as six lawyers had acted as informants to Victoria police.

The information was disclosed to the royal commission on police informants last week, along with information that Lawyer X, known as Informer 3838, was first registered as a police informant in 1995, 10 years earlier than previously thought.

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