Do you not live in a country where they are obliged to provide one?

In the U.S. that applies to criminal defendants, not to people who witnessed a crime and aren't being charged with anything at the moment.

	▲	onraglanroad an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Oh right. I'm entitled to a lawyer if I'm ever taken in for questioning. I didn't realise it was so different. Can the police just question you and you have no right to legal representation?

When I'm not a suspect? No, I don't think that I do.

	▲	onraglanroad 43 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		That's the bit that sounds odd. Surely they can't just claim you're not a suspect yet and therefore deny you a lawyer?