Don’t prompt the witness: R v FGD
Emma Ruane summarises the lessons from recent Court of Appeal decision concerning witness coaching by AI….
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Select Committee seeks clarity on UK government’s plans for science, innovation and tech policy After the UK government announced plans distribute the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) responsibilities amongst other departments, MPs have written to three Secretaries of State asking them for further details about how this will work in practice. The Prime…
Paint by Numbers, Disclosure by Algorithm
Jake Eddison-Cook looks at the recent developments in criminal disclosure under the shadow of AI and asks where responsibility lies when human decision making is based on algorithmic curation. NOTE: References to paragraphs are references to UK Government’s document Modernising the Criminal Disclosure Regime. The Ministry of Justice AI Action Plan, published earlier this year,…
UKJT says English law already has the tools to address AI harms
The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) has published its Legal Statement on Liability for AI Harms under the private law of England and Wales, concluding that English law is largely capable of dealing with AI-related harm without the need for a bespoke AI liability regime. The statement aims to provide greater certainty for businesses, developers, professional…
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UK law Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority issue approach document on joint regulation of systemic stablecoin issuers The Bank of England and FCA’s approach document sets out how the UK’s new stablecoin regime will operate when a stablecoin issuer becomes systemically important. Under the framework, the FCA will regulate all UK-issued qualifying stablecoins,…
Collective Actions and the uses of AI
Amanda Chaboryk and a team from Epiq highlight the opportunities for AI use in collective actions The UK’s collective actions regime is entering a period of both rapid expansion and transformation. According to the Competition Appeal Tribunal and Competition Service Annual Report [1], the Tribunal issued 76 judgments and made 475 orders in the year…
Getting the Best from the Expert’s Report: Clarity, Credibility and the Art of Persuasion
What are the principles that underpin an effective expert report? What practical considerations help to ensure it withstands scrutiny? At what points do instructing solicitors interact with it? In the next in a series on expert witnesses, William Hooper sets out what he thinks makes a good one. In modern dispute resolution, whether in the…
AI in Arbitration: Institutional Guidance and Emerging Developments
A team from Lewis Silkin round up the latest guidance from arbitral institutions on the use of AI Artificial intelligence has already transformed how the legal profession operates, including in research, data analysis and document preparation through platforms (such as Harvey used by our own firm, Lewis Silkin). However, as Dame Victoria Sharp observed in Ayinde…
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AI-Assisted Evidence and the Dossier Space Experiment
Managing Trust in Machine-Generated Analysis Kenneth Tombs with a truly novel approach that aims to create trust in evidence created using AI and a call for help to help him test the idea. The chief compliance officer of a global financial organisation when testing AI internally, shared with the author: “I tested it [an…
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Safe AI: How to Interact with AI and Agents Without Breaching the Law
Olga Sevriuk rounds up some recent cases that highlight the legal risks of sharing sensitive client data with public AI chatbots and agents and the lessons that can be learned. The evolving landscape of AI safety Nowadays the AI adoption often outpaces the development of regulatory and governance frameworks. As a result, AI increasingly influences…
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