Police v Travis - [1989] 2 NZLR 122

Criminal law — Practice and procedure — Prisoner's right of access to a lawyer — Habeas corpus — Accused was remanded in custody — His application for legal aid was granted and the Court assigned counsel — Counsel found the accused at a police station but was told by the police that the accused did not want to see her — Police refused to allow counsel to see the accused — Whether counsel was entitled to seek a writ of habeas corpus — Observations on a prisoner's right of access to a lawyer and the procedures for enforcing that right.