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14 July 2023 / Dr Charanjit Singh
Issue: 8033 / Categories: Features , Profession , Cyber , Technology , Legal services , Criminal
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Lawtech: fit for the future?

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Could advances in lawtech provide a much-needed silver bullet for the UK’s ailing criminal justice system? Dr Charanjit Singh weighs up the opportunities & challenges
  • Examines advents in artificial intelligence (AI) and lawtech that could provide solutions for the heavily overburdened criminal justice system.
  • Explores the implications including issues of discrimination and bias, safeguarding and mitigation, and legislative compliance.
  • Notes the current position in relation to AI in criminal and civil justice in the UK.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has had a profound impact on the worlds of banking, health and charitable fundraising. AI systems have the ability to independently perform and outthink their human counterparts; they develop ‘intelligence’ (simulating human intelligence) through experiences and by processing deep layers of information, and they are able to learn, resulting in astounding improvements in the completion of tasks that are complex, technical, and time-consuming. AI can deal with granular detail, identifying people, objects, voices, patterns, and screening for problems.

Lawtech is defined in this article as ‘the

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