What is especially noticeable about cyberrisk policies is that they provide a full value end-to-end service. The cover involves interaction with the insured before the policy is entered into to determine the risk mitigating requirements which are built into the policy, and client support at claims stage when a cyberattack occurs.
Changing products from simple
Another cautionary tale on the perils of uncritical reliance on generative artificial intelligence (AI) arrived in the English High Court in April 2025. The court found a barrister and a firm of solicitors responsible for including fictitious case citations in formal submissions before the court. The court’s response was uncompromising: counsel and her instructing solicitors
This week, the UK’s Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) announced it has granted authorisation to Garfield.Law Ltd as the first Alternative Business Structure permitted to deliver regulated legal services directly via artificial intelligence (AI).
Unlike traditional firms (a good portion of whom already harnessing AI for various tasks including the provision of legal services to clients
On April 4, 2025, representatives from 52 African countries gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, for the Global AI Summit for Africa. This historic event marked the signing of the Africa Declaration on Artificial Intelligence (the Declaration), a significant step forward for the continent in embracing the AI revolution. Despite public scepticism of superintelligence, African nations
The European Commission has labelled AI as one of the most strategic technologies of the 21st Century (so far of course) and has proposed a three-pronged approach to EU members which is worth considering:
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), a government department that investigates and prosecutes serious or complex fraud and corruption, has replaced barristers with artificial intelligence (AI) to review documents and identify legally privileged material.
While barristers were previously tasked with sifting through documents, the SFO’s new AI system is able to process more than half
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in legal investigations and compliance is one of the most ground breaking ways in which AI is set to change the way in which lawyers do their work.
AI is your new detective
A fitting example of AI in legal investigation action is a due diligence of a company.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is a critically important tool which empowers lawyers to work more effectively, and provide increased value to clients. One of the ways that lawyers and their clients can benefit from AI is through the use of predictive analytics.
AI is better suited than its human counterparts to analyse and
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to change the way in which lawyers do their work. Apart from affecting areas like legal research and analysis, AI in the law firm has led to an increased focus on document automation.
Large transactions often require an entire suite of legal documents, all of which take time to
The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has long been eulogised and feared by the legal community. Augurs say that it will bring about efficiency and possibly bring an end to its antithesis – the billable hour. Unlike the once-common lift operator, AI is not set to replace lawyers any time soon, but it will, without