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© 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.
© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.How to Use ChatGPT as a Litigant in Person: A Practical Guide to Preparing Your Court Case
ChatGPT can help litigants in person organise evidence, understand court orders, create chronologies and prepare for hearings. This practical guide explains how to build a dedicated ChatGPT Project, protect confidential information and avoid dangerous AI-generated errors.
© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.Legal Tech Is Already Changing Family Law — Are Lawyers Ready?
Legal technology is no longer a future issue for family lawyers. AI is now appearing in court documents, legal research, client communications, digital evidence, practice management and the justice system itself. This article explains what family lawyers need to know now — the opportunities, the risks, the regulatory warnings and the practical steps firms should be taking before AI becomes a problem rather than a tool.
© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.Can We Trust AI With Family Court Documents? Open AI, Closed AI and the Legal Tech Divide
Open AI and closed AI are not just technical choices — in family law legal tech, they raise serious questions about privacy, safeguarding, transparency, accountability and trust. This article explores what the difference means for family court support, litigants in person, confidential documents, domestic abuse material and the future of human-led AI in access to justice.
© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.Pathfinder Is Failing Children: What Litigants in Person Are Really Seeing Inside the Family Courts
Cafcass and Pathfinder are being promoted as major reforms in private family law. But many litigants in person say children are still being failed by delay, weak safeguarding, poor analysis, and a system under pressure.
© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.Coercive Control Is Not “High Conflict”: How Legal Technology Could Help Victims Build Watertight Evidence
Coercive control is not “high conflict”. It is a pattern of domination, fear and control. This article examines the law, conviction gap, child victim status, evidential challenges and how legal technology could help litigants in person build stronger, clearer coercive control evidence in family court.
© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.When Court Data Disappears: Why Transparency in Family Courts Matters More Than Ever
The Ministry of Justice’s decision to delete archived court data has raised significant questions about open justice, AI governance and transparency. This article examines what the controversy means in practical terms for family court users and litigants-in-person navigating delay, safeguarding disputes and systemic opacity.

Access to Justice Will Not Improve Until Litigants in Person Are Treated as First-Class Legal Tech Users
Litigants in person are no longer the exception — they are the system. This article explores why courts, regulators, and legal-tech designers must start building for LiPs if access to justice is to mean anything in practice.
