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Serhan Handani

Litigation solicitor based in England.

This week in UK legal AI: Anthropic and Microsoft both come for your Word doc

Apr 17, 2026

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10 min read

This week in UK legal AI: Anthropic and Microsoft both come for your Word doc

Claude for Word and Copilot both launched legal-specific features this week. The fight for where lawyers actually work has begun. Plus, Freshfields puts 5,000 staff on Gemini.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani
This week in UK legal AI: does your AI tool conduct litigation?

Apr 10, 2026

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14 min read

This week in UK legal AI: does your AI tool conduct litigation?

The Court of Appeal has overturned Mazur, but whether AI can "conduct litigation" remains unresolved. Plus, only 7% of clients are told their lawyer uses AI.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

AI builds

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I automated my morning investment briefing for under £30/month

Apr 6, 2026

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8 min read

I automated my morning investment briefing for under £30/month

This weekend I built a completely personalised tool to meet a current need, and set out my thoughts within.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

Monthly Mop Up

March AI Mop Up: stories you may have missed

Apr 5, 2026

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8 min read

March AI Mop Up: stories you may have missed

Agentic AI gets a regulatory framework, a new conveyancing firm bets on automation, and more from March.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

News

This week in UK legal AI: a regulated law firm with no lawyers is now open

Apr 3, 2026

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13 min read

This week in UK legal AI: a regulated law firm with no lawyers is now open

LawFairy is live, offering immigration eligibility across 55+ routes at £149. What does that mean for firms doing this work at solicitor rates?

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

News

This week in UK legal AI: AI-generated claims are already hitting businesses

Mar 27, 2026

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13 min read

This week in UK legal AI: AI-generated claims are already hitting businesses

Research from Irwin Mitchell finds 35% of in-house teams are seeing a surge in AI-generated claims. Here is what that means for UK firms.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani
This week in UK legal AI: the government drops its opt-out on AI copyright

Mar 20, 2026

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15 min read

This week in UK legal AI: the government drops its opt-out on AI copyright

The government publishes its statutory copyright and AI report, drops the opt-out, and says it has no preferred option. Here is what that means.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

News

This week in UK legal AI: Lords reject opt-out on AI copyright

Mar 13, 2026

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12 min read

This week in UK legal AI: Lords reject opt-out on AI copyright

A 180-page House of Lords report calls for licensing, not opt-out, on AI training data. The government must respond by 18 March.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

News

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This week in UK legal AI: uploading to ChatGPT means waiving privilege

Mar 6, 2026

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11 min read

This week in UK legal AI: uploading to ChatGPT means waiving privilege

The Munir judgment spells it out: public AI tools and privilege do not mix. Here is what you need to know.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani
This week in UK legal AI: CJC proposes AI rules for court documents

Feb 27, 2026

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11 min read

This week in UK legal AI: CJC proposes AI rules for court documents

The CJC proposes a two-tier approach to AI in court documents. Meanwhile Thomson Reuters posts its biggest single-day share gain in 26 years.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani
This week in UK legal AI: will lawyers be automated in 18 months?

Feb 20, 2026

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13 min read

This week in UK legal AI: will lawyers be automated in 18 months?

Microsoft's AI chief says lawyers will be automated soon. As a practising solicitor, I disagree, and here is the regulatory case for why.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani
This week in UK legal AI: the ICO comes for Grok

Feb 13, 2026

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10 min read

This week in UK legal AI: the ICO comes for Grok

The ICO opens a formal investigation into Grok and the government's AI copyright report deadline approaches

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

News

This week in UK legal AI: Anthropic moves into legal workflows

Feb 6, 2026

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10 min read

This week in UK legal AI: Anthropic moves into legal workflows

Anthropic’s legal plugin lands, markets react, and we try it.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

Monthly Mop Up

[Month] UK Legal AI Roundup

Feb 4, 2026

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5 min read

[Month] UK Legal AI Roundup

A monthly round up of smaller stories that we didn't have space for in our weekly newsletters.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

News

This week in UK legal AI: workflows beat chatbots

Jan 30, 2026

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9 min read

This week in UK legal AI: workflows beat chatbots

Lexis pilots multi step legal workflows. UK rollouts keep moving

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

News

This week in UK legal AI: £17.50 AI contract reviews land

Jan 23, 2026

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13 min read

This week in UK legal AI: £17.50 AI contract reviews land

A UK firm puts an AI contract review on the menu for £17.50. What it means for supervision, scope, and client expectations.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

News

This week in UK legal AI: predictions for 2026, minus the hype

Jan 16, 2026

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14 min read

This week in UK legal AI: predictions for 2026, minus the hype

Artificial Lawyer’s 2026 calls, plus my own bets for UK practice.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

Meta

My experience so far with beehiiv (and why I will stick with the platform)

Jan 14, 2026

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9 min read

My experience so far with beehiiv (and why I will stick with the platform)

An extra post, not AI focussed, about beehiiv, the platform used to produce this newsletter

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

News

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This week in UK legal AI: Law Society wants clarity on the rules

Jan 9, 2026

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7 min read

This week in UK legal AI: Law Society wants clarity on the rules

The Law Society calls for clearer guidance on AI, not deregulation. Plus agentic AI and the build your own tools trend

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani
This week in UK legal AI: what UK government expects of “frontier” AI

Jan 2, 2026

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7 min read

This week in UK legal AI: what UK government expects of “frontier” AI

A UK government roundup, an ICO appeal update, and a practical prompt for lawyers.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

Monthly Mop Up

December Monthly Mop Up

Dec 31, 2025

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6 min read

December Monthly Mop Up

December’s themes in 4 minutes, and 4 extra links worth bookmarking.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

Resource

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AI Use - The Golden Rules

Dec 29, 2025

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5 min read

AI Use - The Golden Rules

An extra post, for all subscribers, with some best practice and golden rules for using AI tools in legal work

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

News

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Boxing Day edition: What UK regulators are implying about legal AI

Dec 26, 2025

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7 min read

Boxing Day edition: What UK regulators are implying about legal AI

A sceptical read on the Spectator panic piece, plus privilege and copyright updates.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

News

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This week in UK legal AI: law firm gamifies Copilot use

Dec 19, 2025

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7 min read

This week in UK legal AI: law firm gamifies Copilot use

Shoosmiths links bonuses to Copilot usage, Grapple pushes “law without lawyers”, and a tribunal correction shows why checking outputs still matters.

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani

Meta

Early Subscriber Gratitude and Survey

Dec 18, 2025

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2 min read

Early Subscriber Gratitude and Survey

Serhan Handani
Serhan Handani
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