Gaining from going high-tech

“There are extendable microphones and we also had lecterns specially commissioned.”

As for evidence, she said all the parties in court often looked at huge drawings but only wanted a particular area and needed to get to it immediately so they do not lose momentum.

Now, it does not matter if the document is in hard copy or the item is a 3D object because the visualiser focuses on it and the image appears on the interactive white board.

“The interpreter or the witness himself can then zero in on the area in dispute and zoom it out as big as we need,” Lim said.

She added the controls were generally left to a trained person instead of lawyers because the former could move the focus quickly to where it was needed.

“Previously, we had some lawyers mix up the copies and different people ended up with different documents but this doesn’t happen now as we are all looking at the same thing.

“We ask lawyers to come in earlier so we can decide how they want to present the evidence - they can do a slide presentation, photos or even three-dimensional.” 

Technology helps reduce case backlog