CNA Explains: Why are lawyers using so much paper for court cases in this digital day and age?
Despite the rise of digital courtrooms and AI, Singapore law firms continue to incur significant printing costs for hard-copy document bundles. Lawyers note that while technology is used, specific court requirements for physical appeals and hearing bundles necessitate continued paper usage.
Why it matters
This highlights the friction between digital transformation and traditional legal procedural requirements in the modern judicial system.
Printing costs in recent court cases ran into the thousands of dollars as hard copies are still required for some court proceedings.
Printing costs are expected to be a mainstay in court cases in Singapore, but they might go down as people become more tech-savvy. (Photo: iStock)
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