Peter Williams, who this week called time on one of the most illustrious careers in New Zealand legal history, has taken a parting shot at the creeping collusion between police and forensic scientists.
The QC bowed out on a high, getting final client Zion King off a murder charge.
He
said the case highlighted how ESR scientists were becoming "too chummy" with the police officers who they were supposed to keep in check.
"In a small country like New Zealand we have a very limited number of independent experts and we rely very heavily on the ESR for evidence," he said.
"They obviously fraternise with the police on a daily basis and they are influenced by these associations."
Williams, 75, has represented drug kingpins and got Arthur Allen Thomas's murder conviction overturned.
