Written questions

Legal Profession: Artificial Intelligence

2026-07-12 · Ministry of Justice · HL2033 · Official question

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the legal statement on liability for AI harms by the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce made in July, what assessment they have made of expectations that legal professionals use artificial intelligence as part of

Answer

The Government welcomes the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce's Legal Statement on Liability for AI Harms, which provides helpful analysis of how existing principles of English law may apply to liability arising from the use of AI. Decisions about the professiona...