The Legal Services Commission were assisted by police on Friday when they raided the office of See Well Law at Tewantin.
Representatives from the independent statutory office set up to receive and deal with complaints against lawyers said they had come from Brisbane to execute a search warrant at the business and had requested police accompany them. The office staff said they were unable to discuss details but the office had received a complaint from a member of the public and an investigation had ensued which led to the search warrant being issued.
Police contacted the firm’s principal solicitor Donna Sewell and waited until her arrival when they issued her with the search warrant, saying it was in relation to their investigation of a complaint.
They asked her to hand over a mobile phone she was carrying which she said belonged to her mother.
Ms Sewell told the officers she felt “really scared“.
“I’ll let you conduct the search,“ she said. “I don’t agree with the complaint. I’m feeling bullied and harassed.“
