Tapping into how technology is transforming our laws

Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network · Apr 12, 2018 · 16m

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Melissa Coade is joined by UNSW Sydney Associate Professor Lyria Bennet Moses, director of the Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation. When a self-described bio-hacker was brought before a local court in NSW for fare evasion because he was unable to produce a card to transit officers, the magistrate found that Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow's implanted Opal chip was not a valid ticket. Slapped with a fine and no record of conviction, Mr Meow-Meow later told SBS in an interview that he believed this was one of the first times the law had to…