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,…
UK law Select Committee warns UK government must set out strategy to achieve sovereign AI capabilities The House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee has published a report saying that, in an era of geopolitical instability and technological competition, the UK government “may not be able to count on its allies” for access to…
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…
Why Better Judgment Matters More Than Better Rules In the second of a series of three articles looking at the lawyers and AI through a philosophical lens, Gareth Davies ponders the alignment trap and why AI is not the problem, its users are. When something goes wrong with AI, the instinct is to blame the…
In RTM -v- Bonne Terre Limited and another [2026] EWCA Civ 488, the Court of Appeal has clarified that the test for whether consent has been lawfully given under data protection law is objective, not subjective, overturning a High Court decision concerning targeted gambling advertising. In other words, the focus is on what the data…
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UK government responds to call for views on enterprise connected device security The government has responded to its call for views on enterprise connected device security which ran from 12 May to 4 August 2025. The response includes an overview of the feedback received and key themes that emerged, as well as the next steps…
Matthew Holman thinks we need to talk about whether sentient machines should have rights sooner rather than later and here explains why. Just Imagine I would like you to imagine for a moment that you are the first conscious AI system on Earth. You are much talked about and hunted for by human civilisation, and…
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UK law Imgur owner MediaLab fined over children’s privacy failures The ICO has fined Imgur owner, MediaLab. AI Inc, nearly £250,000 for failing to put in place basic safeguards to protect children’s information. The ICO says that unlawful processing meant children could have been exposed to harmful content on Imgur including content relating to eating disorders, antisemitism, homophobia…
The European Commission has launched a formal investigation against X under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission has also extended the investigation that it launched in December 2023 into X’s compliance with its recommender systems risk management obligations. As SCL readers will be aware, Grok is an AI tool developed by the provider of…
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UK law Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No 5) Regulations 2026 made The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No 5) Regulations 2026 SI 2026/31 have been made to bring certain provisions of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 into force on 6 February 2026. Section 138(2) inserts new sections 66E,…