From cop to lawyer
Rickards seeks admission to bar as lawyer
Former assistant police commissioner Clint Rickards has applied for admission to the bar as a lawyer. Rickards was acquitted of historical sex charges in March last year and resigned from the police in November. He has been studying law at Auckland University and has applied to the High Court in Auckland for admission as a barrister and solicitor, Radio New Zealand reported. However, before this can happen he has to obtain a character approval certificate. Auckland District Law Society members have the opportunity to comment on the suitability of candidates.
Hmmmmmm - will the legal profession tolerate what the Police profession wouldn't? Surely there are some things even lawyers won't do?
posted by Bomber @ 2:11 pm
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Yep, bomber we should just hold everyone who has been found not guilty through due process guilty.
Well at least hes finally decided which side of the law he belongs on and who he has most in common with.
I can't see them refusing him entry, hes shown he can lie calmly and well already, I think thats the only important character pre-req.
It is an obvious step and should not come as a general shock ... I read in the media he spent his time suspended from the cops studying law ... he would be just finishing that off ...
The real question is 'will he practice law?' ... he's entitled to earn a living and how he chooses to do that is his business ... but ... with his reported experience I would have thought he'd be well qualified to consult on security matters or private investigations or even provide critical analysis of police work ... and he would not need a law degree to earn good coin doing that ...
so why practice law ... he's obviously got an axe to grind with the cops ... but will he really get back at them as a defence lawyer ... and I struggle to see his reputation not effecting [rightly or wrongly] at least one member of any jury he appears before ... so why practice law ...?
I don't have an opinion either way about if he should be admitted to the 'bar' or not but I don't see it as a good fit for the skills I perceive him to have ...
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