Shock Lawyer X claim made in Hamzy case A court case involving jailed underworld figure Bassam Hamzy has heard Sydney has its own legal scandal involving a Lawyer X.
Crime by Natalie O’Brien
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Subscriber only Sydney has its own legal scandal involving a Lawyer X and the public has a right to know about it, a court has been told. The stunning revelation came at a hearing for jailed underworld figure Bassam Hamzy, when his lawyer, Zali Burrows, opposed an application to suppress the names of 11 police witnesses in his case. When Local Court Magistrate Geraldine Beattie asked Ms Burrows why she was against the suppression orders, she told the court this case involves Sydney s Lawyer X and the public have a right to know about it.