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Explore the intersection of artificial intelligence, legal technology and family justice in England and Wales.

These articles consider digital evidence, case preparation, AI-assisted drafting, safeguarding, confidentiality and the limits of automated legal tools.

JSH Law focuses on practical governance and the need for verifiable sources, clear professional responsibility and genuine human oversight when children’s welfare may be affected.

JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

If AI Does the Junior Work, Who Trains the Lawyers of 2035?

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Artificial intelligence is automating many of the tasks traditionally used to train junior lawyers. If clients will no longer pay for repetitive processing, the profession must become much more deliberate about teaching judgment, ethics, strategy and client counselling.
Jessica Susan Hill beside a legal AI-themed background with the headline “AI Can Write 300 Pages – That Does Not Make It Advocacy”, illustrating responsible use of AI in court documents.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. AI-assisted original artwork created for JSH Law using supplied JSH Law branding and portrait photography. All rights reserved.

AI Can Write 300 Pages. That Does Not Make It Advocacy.

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A litigant filed a 300-page ChatGPT-assisted skeleton argument. The real lesson from Hancox v Sutherland is not that AI has no place in court, but that technology cannot replace verification, evidential discipline, relevance or human judgment.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

AI Agents in Family Court: How Much Control Are You Giving Them?

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Not every AI tool is equally agentic. Some simply answer questions; others can read documents, use tools, interact with applications and carry out multi-step workflows. For litigants in person, understanding that spectrum matters because the more an AI system can do, the more carefully its access, permissions and supervision need to be managed.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

AI Agents & Family Court: A Guide for Litigants in Person

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AI agents go beyond answering questions: they can potentially work through documents, organise evidence, build chronologies and complete multi-step tasks. For litigants in person, that could be genuinely transformative — but only if AI is directed carefully, evidence is verified and human judgement remains firmly in control.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

The JSH Law Legal Tech Test: Which Platforms Actually Improve Access to Justice?

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JSH Law launches a 100-point Legal Tech Test to examine whether legal platforms genuinely improve access to justice. Beginning with CaseCraft AI, the series will assess legal reliability, regulation, privacy, cost, human support and safeguarding—separating useful innovation from polished but potentially unsafe automation.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

Family Law Technologists: Where AI Meets Evidence, Safeguarding and Justice. My Two Penneth.

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Artificial intelligence could make legal help more affordable and accessible—particularly for litigants in person. But in family law, where cases involve children, domestic abuse, confidential evidence and safeguarding risk, accuracy and human judgment are essential. Jessica Susan Hill examines the “fine structure of justice” and the six principles that must govern responsible legal AI.