What is Your Artificial Intelligence Quotient?
A report released in May 2018 by the Law Society of England and Wales, titled “Artificial Intelligence and the Legal Profession” (AI Report),[ref] The AI Report can be downloaded from <http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/news/stories/artificial-intelligence-and-the-legal-profession-horizon-scanning-report/> (accessed 24 September 2018).[/ref] highlights the growing influence of
Avoiding Ambiguity in Drafting Complex Lists
Introduction Ambiguity in legal writing has been called “the lawyer’s curse”.[ref] Peter Butt, Legal Usage: A Modern Style Guide (Lexis Nexis Butterworths, 2018) at p 33 (“Legal Usage”).[/ref] It is difficult to spot because legal drafters “are too close to
Looking for Help or Asking for Trouble?
Ethical and Risk Issues with Lateral Hiring Introduction Lateral hiring is a common solution for law firms looking to expand. While a candidate’s experience, cultural fit or client following might naturally come to mind when a law firm is seeking to hire
Disruptive Legal Technologies – Is Ethics Catching Up?
In December 2017, DeepMind, a leading AI company, sent ripples through the AI world when it announced that it had developed a computer program (known as “AlphaGoZero” or “AlphaZero”) which learned the rules of three games – chess, Shogi and
Soft Skills for Success
Recent studies of American lawyers and their clients have revealed an interesting finding: lawyers and clients view lawyer effectiveness differently. Whereas American lawyers ranked legal expertise and knowledge of the law as their most important competencies, their clients emphasized regular
Robots and Legal Reasoning: Thinking Like a Lawyer 2.0
This article provides a brief introduction to how artificial intelligence is likely to affect the raison d'etre of lawyers – the ability to exercise legal reasoning. With increased computing power and computational research, the way that lawyers and judges reason
Recklessly Misleading the Court in Singapore and England
This article examines recent lawyer disciplinary decisions in Singapore and England that have applied their respective criminal standards of recklessness to the prohibited conduct of misleading the Court. It also analyses the practical implications of the new test of recklessness