LAWRENCE SMITH/Stuff Auckland Crown Solicitor Brian Dickey has 30 years experience in criminal and civil litigation. Auckland’s Crown Solicitor Brian Dickey, who is also a partner at Meredith Connell, said it is a complex area. “There will obviously be a correlation with the challenging criminal prosecution work we undertake for the Crown and the pandemic must have had effects on everyone,” he said. “We are cognisant of this, and supporting mental health is at the forefront of our organisational wellbeing thinking.” Meredith Connell prosecutors have three compulsory sessions with a mental health professional each year and the firm is looking to expand to an additional five voluntary sessions.