Will technology replace lawyers or simply become another tool for lawyers? How should legal educators respond to tech developments?

A recent controversy in a Manhattan court has highlighted the risks for lawyers when using ChatGPT. Here’s a summary of the issue and some of the points that are now… Read More »Who’s to blame? ChatGPT or the Attorney?

Where a plaintiff sustains multiple injuries, how are damages to be assessed? How is ‘uplift’ to be calculated? Is there a limit on the amount of ‘uplift’ that can be awarded?

There has been a row between academics and the judiciary about the use of Wikipedia in judicial decisions. Here’s the background and the brief.

How important are recent developments in AI? Bill Gates says that in his lifetime he has seen two developments that struck him as revolutionary. The emergence of AI is one… Read More »Keeping an eye on AI

In this article I look at (i) the legislative presumptions which come to the aid of the prosecuting authorities in cases of this type, and (ii) the sentence guidelines that can be extracted from the caselaw to date.

Some offbeat examples of unusual ways to address a judge in court (with varying degrees of success)!

What happens when artificial intelligence meets the criminal justice system? Made for each other, or car crash TV? Here are my views (podcast).

A number of recent cases have examined whether commercial tenants are obliged to continue to pay rent when their businesses are unable to trade due to government restrictions.