Use of AI and professional negligence has been sought to be clarified by the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) in their Statement on Liability for AI Harms. See the report by LegalIT insider which states:The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) – an
The Time Blawg, published by Brian Inkster, focuses on legal practice issues in Scotland, particularly the regulation and reform of legal services. It covers topics such as the implementation and delays of Alternative Business Structures (ABS) in Scotland, critiques of the Law Society of Scotland's regulatory approach, and the impact of emerging technologies like generative AI on legal verification burdens. The blog discusses policy developments, professional duties, and the evolving legal landscape within Scottish jurisdiction, providing commentary on regulatory challenges and legal service reforms.
Use of AI and professional negligence has been sought to be clarified by the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) in their Statement on Liability for AI Harms. See the report by LegalIT insider which states:The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) – an…
‘GenAI ain’t magic’ is the presentation I did at Legal Geek Growth on 11 June 2026. I did a practice run to the International Practice Group (IPG) at their Spring Conference in Luxembourg on 9 May 2026.
The synopsis for…
LinkedIn Legal Marketing circles in the UK have been awash this week with ‘influencer’ humble brags. This follows the publication of the latest legal influencer ratings. One where the methodology is, apparently, ranking score = number of likes + 4…
Top of the Posts at The Time Blawg. What are the top 15 blog posts? This blog is 15 years old, as of yesterday (1 January 2026)! On 1 January 2011 this blog materialised. The Past Back in 2011 it…
The GenAI v Verification debate took place in November, after I blogged about the GenAI Verification Burden in Legal Practice. That blog post, following a heated debate on LinkedIn with those comments added to the post, ended up being 15,612…
My post on The GenAI Verification Burden in Legal Practice stirred up a lot of debate. I thought I would ask GenAI to summarise the arguments for me (after all that is its main use case). Using Copilot I obtained…
The GenAI verification burden in legal practice has been highlighted by Joshua Yuvaraj in a recent paper on ‘The Verification-Value Paradox: A Normative Critique of Gen AI in Legal Practice‘ [PDF]. The Abstract reads: It is often claimed that machine…
Will Godot turn up before Alternative Business Structures (ABS) in Scotland? Paul Rogerson, Editor in Chief of The Law Society [of England & Wales] Gazette, thinks this is highly likely. He sets out his thoughts in the leader column of…
“A serious abdication of its duty to the profession” is how Margaret Taylor describes the Law Society of Scotland’s approach to Alternative Business Structures (ABS) in a recent article for The Lawyer. The Law Society of Scotland announced earlier this…
A deep freeze of ABS in Scotland, for at least two more years, was announced yesterday by the Law Society of Scotland. I, unfortunately, saw this coming a couple of weeks ago when, at a webinar on implementation of the…