NEW · SRA · Legal Privilege · ICO7 min readUpdated August 2026
AI, Confidentiality and Supervision: What Ayinde, Munir and Cork Mean for Your Firm
Three reported decisions now govern this. In R (Ayinde) v London Borough of Haringey [2025] EWHC 1383 (Admin), the Divisional Court set out the professional duty to check AI-assisted research against authoritative sources before it reaches a court. In Munir [2026] UKUT 81 (IAC), published February 2026, the Upper Tribunal stated that uploading confidential documents into an open-source AI tool places them in the public domain, breaching client confidentiality and waiving legal privilege — conduct that might warrant SRA referral and should, in any event, be referred to the ICO. In Cork & Anor v Mark Smith [2026] EWHC 1199 (Ch), an AI pilot fabricated the text of a statutory rule that does not exist; the court held it had been misled twice, accepted there was no intention to mislead by the supervising solicitors, and treated the firm’s own self-referral to the SRA as the proportionate response. This briefing sets out what all three require your firm to do now.
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SRA · UK GDPR7 min readUpdated August 2026
The SRA's AI Expectations: What the Guidance Actually Requires
The SRA has issued AI guidance that most firms have read but few have actioned. This briefing maps exactly what the SRA expects — on oversight, disclosure, competence, and supervision — with specific Code of Conduct references and a 10-point compliance checklist.
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EU AI Act · SRA · ICO8 min readUpdated August 2026
EU AI Act: What UK Law Firms with EU Clients Must Know
The EU AI Act applies directly to UK law firms with EU clients, EU offices, or EU-facing work. This briefing covers which firms are in scope, which obligations apply, how this interacts with SRA and UK GDPR obligations, and what the Digital Omnibus changed — Article 4 and Article 50 obligations are live now, while Annex III high-risk obligations moved to 2 December 2027.
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