Technology

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming legal practice, but its successful adoption depends as much on culture as technology

Why this senior lawyer is embracing AI, & why it matters that you see it: by Clive Hopewell

The law sector has been chosen as the testing ground for the government’s AI Growth Labs—speeding up development, testing and regulatory compliance so software can be market-ready more quickly

Artificial intelligence (AI) legal assistants will be deployed to cut delays in the Crown Court, ministers have announced

Robert Taylor assesses the merits of AI contract review in a heavily regulated, complex, technical, cross-border industry

The High Court has upheld the Metropolitan Police’s live facial recognition policy, rejecting claims that its deployment unlawfully interferes with privacy and protest rights

As AI chatbots increasingly provide legal and commercial advice, English law is beginning to confront who should bear responsibility when automated systems get things wrong

The Law Society has urged ministers to hold a public consultation on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the justice system as a whole

UK law enforcement is failing to use the tools at its disposal, argue Ashley Fairbrother & Rhys Evans

A pioneering cryptoasset recovery case has exposed an arguable failure by UK law enforcement to use powers already available under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Writing in NLJ this week, Ashley Fairbrother and Rhys Evans of Edmonds Marshall McMahon recount how their client, a US citizen duped in a devastating romance fraud, lost nearly $1m after being manipulated by a fake ‘Kensington-based diplomat’