Kim Dotcom declares he is 'broke' because of legal fight

Found on BBC on Wednesday, 26 November 2014
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He told a conference in London, via a video link, that his lawyers had resigned because he had run out of money.

"They're trying to outspend Kim Dotcom. They are trying to win on procedure rather than merit. And we're going to do the best that we can so Kim Dotcom has a fair playing field."

"Not having legal representation should not prevent an individual from challenging extradition proceedings if he or she has good grounds to do so," Neil Smyth, a partner at the law firm Taylor Wessing, told the BBC.

There is something fundamentally wrong with the legal system as long as money (or the lack of it) has a major influence on the outcome. Lady Justice may be blind, but she still has pockets. Think whatever you want of Kim; but the whole show has to be fair.