A requirement to attend an interview as part of an employment contract, even with potential disciplinary consequences for non-attendance, is a regular incident of employment and does not constitute oppressive conduct under s 84 of the Evidence Act 1995. An accused's voluntary adoption of a prior non-police interview during a subsequent police interview under full caution and after legal advice is decisive of the s 90 unfairness question. Bank investigators conducting interviews in their employer's interest are not agents of the police merely because there has been some cooperation between them.
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