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Jul 24, 2026

This week in UK legal AI: pick AI for legal skill, not speed

A City firm tested five tools with 46 lawyers and 7,000 data points. Its method is one you can borrow before your next AI purchase.

Jul 17, 2026

This week in UK legal AI: no new AI rules for your drafting

The Civil Justice Council says your existing duties already cover AI, so the checking is still on you, not a new rulebook.

Jul 10, 2026

This week in UK legal AI: AI slop is arriving from the other side

Litigants are filing fluent, wholly fictional submissions. The cost of sorting real authorities from invented ones now lands on the represented side.

Jul 3, 2026

This week in UK legal AI: your AI's model could change without you

If a model is withdrawn, repriced or restricted, the work built on it is exposed. A few questions to your vendor now lower that risk.

Jun 26, 2026

This week in UK legal AI: £400 of AI beat a solicitor and counsel

A regulated firm ran the whole claim with AI and instructed counsel only for the hearing. The economics of low-value disputes have shifted.

Jun 22, 2026

How I turn meetings into minutes, and where I draw the line

The system I use to turn meetings, calls and board sessions into file notes, the templates, and the confidentiality questions to settle first.