If the computer is not accountable, who is?
Graham Smith ponders corporate liability in the age of AI…
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Don’t prompt the witness: R v FGD
Emma Ruane summarises the lessons from recent Court of Appeal decision concerning witness coaching by AI….
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,…
Schrems III and the UK-US Data Bridge: Could London Reach a Different Answer?
Matias Cañibe argues that the UK-US data Bridge is not necessarily doomed if the latest challenge from NOYB succeeds On 29 June 2026, the US Supreme Court decided Trump v Slaughter, holding 6-3 that Congress cannot shield Federal Trade Commission commissioners from at-will presidential removal. The Court overturned Humphrey’s Executor, a 1935 precedent that had…
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Can you HNDL the truth? Preparing for cyber and legal risk in the quantum era
A team from Norton Rose Fulbright bring you up to date with the latest policy and technical developments in the world of quantum computing and provide pointers about what this means for cybersecurity advice On 16 June 2026, the UK government announced the new “National Quantum Standards Network”, a world-first national framework for quantum standards to coordinate standards for…
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AI in Legal Practice – From Foundations to Practice: A Comparative Review
Ken Tombs reflects on the Law Society’s foresight report on the future of agentic AI and compares it against practitioner and international perspectives (as at June 2026) 1. Introduction The Law Society of England and Wales published its foresight report on agentic AI in legal practice in February 2026. It arrives at a point where…
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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…
Keeping Ownership Authentic: AI and Control in the Modern Matrix of Music
Emma Hewins looks at the questions of creativity, authenticity, control and how creators can assert ownership as AI generated music takes hold “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”Maya Angelou Maya Angelou’s words still explain why music matters: it is more than entertainment,…
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The Virtuous Circle
Law, AI, and the Apprenticeship of Judgment Gareth Davies thinks the gap between the AI’s output and the practitioner’s correction is where wisdom lives As lawyers learn from working with AI, the AI can be built to learn from working with lawyers. This is not a philosophical point but a structural one, and the structure…
When AI Acts: The UK Regulatory Response to Agentic AI
Winona Chan takes a look at recent moves by the ICO and CMA in the face of agentic AI and what they mean in practice. The shift from generative AI to agentic AI represents more than a technological step-change; it marks a fundamental reorientation of the relationship between AI systems and the humans they serve….
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