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Can you HNDL the truth? Preparing for cyber and legal risk in the quantum era

Analysis • July 10, 2026

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…

AI in Legal Practice – From Foundations to Practice: A Comparative Review

Analysis • July 3, 2026

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…

Collective Actions and the uses of AI

Analysis • June 18, 2026

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

Analysis • June 9, 2026

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,…

The Virtuous Circle

AI and legal judgement, Analysis • June 2, 2026

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

Analysis • May 21, 2026

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….

The AI Alignment Trap

AI and legal judgement, Analysis • May 11, 2026

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…

Privilege and Generative AI: Function, Not Form

Analysis • May 6, 2026

Winona Chan sets out the fundamentals of legal privilege and how to protect it when using generative AI tools. Generative AI (GenAI) is now embedded in day-to-day business workflows, from drafting documents to analysing information and summarising meetings. For in-house legal teams, this raises a critical question: how can legal professional privilege be preserved when…

Outsourcing Contracts and AI: The New Considerations

Analysis • April 30, 2026

A team from Norton Rose Fulbright run through some of the novel issues advisors need to consider now so many outsourcing projects involve the use of AI Traditionally, IT outsourcings (ITOs) and business process outsourcings (BPOs) have been centred around the delivery of services by personnel with clear service descriptions and performance requirements and may…

Getting the Best from the Expert’s Report: Clarity, Credibility and the Art of Persuasion

Analysis, Expert Witness series • April 28, 2026

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…