Law & AI

1. Research.

   We define the question, select the relevant legal and factual sources, and make each finding traceable. Source material remains distinct from calculations, inferences and recommendations that require judgment.

2. Recurring work.

   The task may be to compare contract drafts with an agreed position, prepare a chronology, identify departures requiring approval or repeat a defined check. We specify what the process must detect, where it can fail and who acts on the result.

3. Organisational knowledge.

   Earlier advice, decisions and their reasons remain accessible, with their dates, scope and assumptions. We distinguish material that needs updating from material that belongs in the historical record.

We define the decision or action the work should support, who will use the process or tool and which sources they may access. Sometimes an adjustment to the existing process is enough. Other tasks call for a configured tool or a new system.

We set out the expected result, the checks required and what would count as a failure. We then test the process on representative material against independently verified answers. The assessment covers missed evidence, unsupported conclusions and the work needed to correct them.

Before using sensitive information, we establish where it will be processed, who may access it and how it will be retained. The handover explains how to use the process or tool, check its results, handle exceptions and adapt or stop it.

Depending on the agreed scope, the work may produce:

• A defined task, an inventory of sources and criteria for making decisions.
• A documented process with access permissions, review requirements and named responsibilities.
• A configured tool or new system, with tests and documented limits.
• Instructions and a handover that enable the organisation to use and maintain the process or tool.

I lead the legal analysis and the design of the work. I bring in technical or other specialists where needed. The organisation retains authority over its decisions and control of the knowledge it is entitled to keep.

We agree the scope, responsibilities and fees before starting. Further development or ongoing support requires a separate agreement on its purpose and who is responsible.