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Why do a high proportion of suspects not receive legal advice at the police station? A considerable number of studies have been conducted at different police stations which has produced information identifying a range of factors which are involved in the result of suspects not receiving legal advice at the police station. Prior to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, access to legal advice was overseen by the Judges' Rules, these had no specific power of enforcement, thus allowing the police to employ them arbitrarily. The police did not have to make records of the requests for advice, so how do we know that prior to PACE the proportion of suspects receiving legal advice was low? We can gain an idea from studying the research data in this field.1 Softley's study of four police stations in 1980 shows there was not only a very low proportion of suspects seeking legal advice...

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