"Two men charged over a $320 million methylamphetamine haul ... had their charges sensationally dropped..." (Magistrate dismisses $320m meth charges", The West Australian, 12 March). Police provided all of their evidence as softcopy. In a compact format that allows quick searches by the computer literate.
The criminal lawyer demanded hardcopy. Paper. The stuff that wastes trees, that weighs a ton. That cannot be searched by less than a very large team of underpaid but overcharged legal assistants.
The magistrate spat the dummy. Blamed police for his and the lawyers' inability to deal with current technology. Dismissed all charges !
Proof positive that the legal profession is at least twenty years behind the real world. And a partial explanation of the ridiculously high cost of hiring a lawyer.
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