At the heart of any fair trial lies an independent court, which determines cases on the basis of only the law and the evidence, and is not swayed by the identity of the litigants before it. Whether a litigant is rich or poor, whether they are an ordinary citizen or the state, the law binds all in the same way. What is also of prime importance is the right to legal advice and representation. This is constitutionally guaranteed by the Basic Law under Article 35. As explained in a previous Legal...