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The current buzzwords in this area are "artificial intelligence" . By this is meant machines which think and solve problems.

In reality this technology is decades away, but IT which aids data marshalling and document production is here now. I have no doubt that other toys are evolving as I type. Certainly the end of the paper centric office is comparatively close.

However in the White Heat of innovation we must be wary of those who would do the profession harm. The Government aided and abetted by those who claim to be able to predict the legal services future, a unique gift not held by others, has gleefully adopted the virtual law mantra so as to mask its own justice cutting agendas.

Equally we must also be sensitive to the fact that for many clients legal issues are finely nuanced, incapable of remote analysis by computer algorithms

We practise in a people business where human interaction will retain its primacy, and it disappoints me greatly that because of a lack of real leadership there is vacuum being filled by those who wish us great harm.


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