Could David Jones explain to defence solicitors how, in the new electronic age, one is supposed to let one’s client in the cells read the case against him?

If this client should be remanded in custody, how does one provide the evidence to the client, electronically?

If I decide not to invest in a laptop, will the Crown Prosecution Service give me a paper version of the evidence so I can read the evidence and share it with the client? Will the CPS fund the purchase of a laptop? How will a person who represents himself access the evidence against him?

This move to electronic working is misguided. There is no need for it in magistrates’ courts. There may be a need for it in Crown court cases. Launching this change in working without a pilot to assess efficiencies, and without ensuring it will work, is daft.

The CPS would be better advised to spend the money allocated to this folly on employing more legally trained staff.

Michael Robinson, Emmersons, Newcastle upon Tyne