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What a UK law firm wants to know before, during and after bringing an assistant into its work. Short, practical and written to be checked, like everything else here.
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Stop arguing in the abstract. Pick one task the partner can check in ten minutes, run it on a real matter with the firm's own papers, and let the output and its sources make the case.
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Up to a point. AI can show gaps in a chronology, name documents referred to but not present, and say when the papers do not support a point. It cannot know what was never sent to you.
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Yes, for the groundwork: pulling together what has happened since the last update and drafting a status note from the file. The fee earner still decides what the client needs to hear and signs it off.
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Keep the AI work for a matter in one shared place rather than scattered across individual accounts, agree who may ask and who must check, and put the conclusions on the file rather than leaving them in a chat history.
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Ownership turns on your supplier contract and your retainer, not on the tool itself. Check that rights in the output sit with the firm, that your inputs stay yours, and that nothing is reused elsewhere.
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Yes, for the parts that are reading and assembly: the file, the chronology, the figures and comparable published decisions. The judgement about what is fair and reasonable stays with the fee earner.
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It can find what the papers say, gather the material for each enquiry and flag what is missing. The replies themselves stay with the fee earner, because a reply binds the seller and the firm.
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You can, but treat it as an intake tool rather than an advice tool. The risk sits in what it says to a stranger about their problem, and in what it records about them.
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Yes, for the repeatable parts: pulling dates and figures out of papers, first drafts, and checking a file is complete. The judgement on each file stays with a fee earner, and the risk of a repeated mistake goes up with volume.
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Yes, for the first draft, working from your own approved precedent and the matter papers. Scope, costs information and the final wording stay with the fee earner who signs it.
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There is no general duty to volunteer that AI was used, but there are hard duties not to mislead the court. Check the directions and guidance for the particular court or tribunal, verify every citation and figure yourself, and answer honestly if you are asked.
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Yes for the mechanical half of the job: pulling terms out of the lease and the rest of the papers, with page references, and flagging silence. The judgement, the register and the report to the client stay with the fee earner.
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