Halfway House for Legal Services Regulation Reform in Scotland Confirmed

Halfway House for Legal Services Regulation Reform in Scotland Confirmed

A halfway house for Legal Services Regulation Reform in Scotland was confirmed this past week by the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament when they published, on 8 February 2024, their Stage 1 Report on the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill [PDF] (“The Report”). They perhaps did so with…

Lawyers or Machines: Who do you blame for GenAI Hallucinations?
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Lawyers or Machines: Who do you blame for GenAI Hallucinations?

Are lawyers or machines responsible for errors (otherwise known as hallucinations) in GenAI legal research output? This was a point drawn out in some of the many comments and the, at times, heated debate that flowed from my blog post from last week: ChatGPT + Lawyers v Horizon + The Post Office In that post…

ChatGPT + Lawyers v Horizon + The Post Office
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ChatGPT + Lawyers v Horizon + The Post Office

What does ChatGPT and Lawyers have to do with Horizon and The Post Office Scandal? This past week the country (UK) has been collectively transfixed, outraged and disillusioned by Mr Bates v The Post Office on ITV. A drama about the real life events known commonly as ‘The Post Office Scandal‘. One of the widest…

The AI in Law Debate: Shaver v Inkster and beyond
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The AI in Law Debate: Shaver v Inkster and beyond

In September 2023, Denis Potemkin of Majoto organised and chaired ‘The Great AI [in Law] Debate’ between me and Nicola Shaver. I am now managing to get around to posting about that on here to add to my series on Legal Chatbots. The debate motion was: Generative AI already enhances the delivery of legal services,…

The Future of Legal Services: GenAI, Drills and Holes?
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The Future of Legal Services: GenAI, Drills and Holes?

What is the future of legal services? That is a question that Professor Richard Susskind attempted to answer at the University of Strathclyde on 19 October 2023. Although, Professor Susskind has, of course, spent the past 40 years trying to answer that very question. The Future of Legal Services: Drills and Holes? Before the talk…

Legal Geek 2023: The one with Withnail and GenAI
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Legal Geek 2023: The one with Withnail and GenAI

Legal Geek 2023 was the one with Withnail and GenAI. Legal Geek 2023: Withnail No big surprise that GenAI was being overcooked at Legal Geek 2023, but what was Withnail doing there? Withnail’s alter ego, Richard E. Grant, was giving a keynote discussion on ‘grief and its impact’. Perhaps to prepare the GenAI evangelists for…

New Zealand Law Society accept proposed Independent Regulator

New Zealand Law Society accept proposed Independent Regulator

The New Zealand Law Society, in its response to the Independent Review on Regulating Lawyers in Aotearoa New Zealand (the Paterson Review [PDF]),  has accepted in principle the proposal to establish a new independent regulator. The Review said that the New Zealand Law Society’s current structure (operating as both a regulator and membership body) was…