AI that does the work. Governance that proves it.
LegalAI Space builds purpose-built AI agents for legal teams — research, contracts, due diligence, drafting, and compliance monitoring — with a governance layer that makes every output verifiable, compliant, and audit-ready. Built for SRA and EU AI Act compliance from day one. Not just a productivity tool. The infrastructure for trustworthy legal AI — available as cloud or self-hosted inside your tenant.
Step 1: Work
AI performs the legal task
Step 2: Verify
Independent citation checking
Step 3: Comply
Regulatory rule evaluation
Save Audit Evidence
Proof of verification included
Agents that do real legal work. Every output governed.
Autonomous agents that execute multi-step legal workflows — research, contract review, compliance monitoring, audit — with every action independently verified, compliance-checked, and audit-trailed.
AI research tools may produce plausible-sounding citations that don't exist — we prevent that from happening
How it works
Contract review at scale requires consistency that manual review can't deliver
How it works
Regulatory changes happen faster than any compliance team can manually track
How it works
The SRA expects evidence of AI governance that most firms can't produce
How it works
Data room review at scale — every finding traceable to source
First drafts built from your precedents — not generic templates
Your firm's expertise, surfaced where it's needed
New matter onboarding — conflict-checked and compliance-ready
Live matter status, timelines, and risk — extracted automatically
Your workflow, your rules, your data — governed by our infrastructure
Every output flows through three stages
Before any agent output reaches a lawyer, it passes through our proprietary three-stage governance engine — built specifically for legal, verifying against authoritative sources and regulatory requirements in real time.
Input
Your legal task
Verify
Citation checking
Comply
Regulatory rules
Prove
Audit trail
Governed
Output delivered
Proprietary Database
Beyond BAILII and legislation.gov.uk, our governance engine verifies against a proprietary database that we are building in real time — curated specifically for multi-step legal verification. This enables faster retrieval of authentic case law, statutory instruments, and regulatory guidance, with cross-referencing across jurisdictions that public databases alone cannot provide.
Cloud or self-hosted — your choice
Run LegalAI Space as a managed cloud service, or self-host inside your own Azure, AWS, or on-premise tenant. With self-hosted, matter content, prompts, model responses, and audit evidence never leave your boundary — and you bring your own LLM contracts (Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral). See self-hosted details →
Verify
Citation Verification
Checks every citation against BAILII and legislation.gov.uk, catching hallucinated cases before they reach a client or court.
Case law verified against BAILII — court name, neutral citation, date, parties, and current status confirmed
Statutes checked on legislation.gov.uk — amendment history, commencement status, and extent tracked
EU measures validated against EUR-Lex with transposition status for cross-border matters
Proprietary database cross-referenced for multi-step verification and faster retrieval
Comply
Regulatory Compliance
Evaluates outputs against SRA rules and EU AI Act requirements encoded as policy-as-code — contextual rule evaluation, not a static checklist.
SRA Code of Conduct rules (2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 4.3) encoded as executable policy logic
EU AI Act obligations for high-risk systems evaluated against Article 6, 13, and 14 requirements
Firm-specific compliance policies layered on top — information barriers, client instructions, practice area rules
Contextual evaluation: the same output is assessed differently depending on jurisdiction, practice area, and client
Prove
Audit Trail Generation
Generates immutable audit trails with compliance certificates — the evidence regulators and insurers require.
Every verification result, compliance check, and decision logged with timestamps
Compliance certificates generated per output — exportable for SRA inspections and PII renewals
Full provenance chain: what was processed, which sources were checked, what passed or failed
Immutable records — audit data cannot be edited or deleted after creation
Built for UK and EU regulatory compliance from day one.
LegalAI Space encodes jurisdiction-specific regulatory requirements as policy-as-code. Our governance engine doesn't apply generic checklists — it evaluates every output against the actual rules that apply to your firm, your clients, and your practice areas.
The SRA does not have a standalone AI regulation, but AI use falls squarely under the existing Code of Conduct for Firms. Compliance officers are already responsible for governing AI — the SRA's December 2025 thematic review confirmed this expectation.
93%
of mid-size UK firms now use AI
10%
have formal AI governance policies
1
COLP out of those reviewed could describe all obligations
Key obligations for law firms
Rule 2.1 — Effective governance
Firms must have effective governance structures, arrangements, systems, and controls in place when adopting AI tools. This means documented policies, assigned responsibility, and active oversight.
Rule 2.2 — Compliance records
Firms must maintain records that demonstrate regulatory compliance. For AI, this means audit trails, verification logs, and evidence that AI outputs were supervised.
Rule 2.5 — Risk management
AI must be included in the firm's risk register. Risks specific to AI — hallucination, data leakage, bias, lack of supervision — must be identified, assessed, and managed.
Rule 4.3 — Competence of managers and employees
Staff using AI tools must have the knowledge, skills, and training to evaluate AI outputs. The SRA expects ongoing competence development, not just tool access.
Principle 7 — Best interests of each client
Firms must act in the best interests of each client. Where AI use materially affects service delivery, transparency about that use builds trust and reduces professional liability risk.
The EU AI Act has extraterritorial reach under Article 2. Any UK firm whose AI-generated outputs are used in the EU is likely in scope. With enforcement four months away, firms advising EU-exposed clients need to prepare now.
3.5%
of compliance professionals say they are fully prepared
EUR 15M
or 3% of global turnover for high-risk violations
Aug 2026
full enforcement date for high-risk AI obligations
Key obligations for law firms
Article 2 — Extraterritorial scope
Applies to providers and deployers of AI systems regardless of where they are established, if the output is used in the EU. UK firms advising clients with EU operations are in scope.
Article 6 & Annex III — High-risk classification
AI systems used in the administration of justice and legal interpretation may be classified as high-risk, requiring conformity assessments, technical documentation, and human oversight.
Article 13 — Transparency obligations
AI systems must be designed to be sufficiently transparent that deployers can interpret and use outputs appropriately. Legal AI tools must make their reasoning process auditable.
Article 14 — Human oversight
High-risk AI systems must be designed to allow effective human oversight. In a legal context, this means lawyers must be able to review, override, and take responsibility for AI outputs.
Article 99 — Penalties
Fines of up to EUR 35 million or 7% of global turnover for prohibited practices, EUR 15 million or 3% for high-risk system violations, and EUR 7.5 million or 1% for incorrect information.
Why jurisdiction-aware governance matters
Generic AI governance frameworks miss what matters most — the specific regulatory obligations that apply to your firm. Here is why getting this right protects your firm, your clients, and your reputation.
Regulatory protection
Demonstrate to the SRA and EU regulators that your firm governs AI use with documented policies, verified outputs, and auditable evidence — before they ask for it.
Professional indemnity
PII insurers are adding AI-specific questions to renewals. Firms with governance frameworks in place will secure better terms. Firms without may face exclusions or premium increases.
Client confidence
59% of in-house counsel don't know if their outside counsel uses AI. When they start asking — and they will — firms with transparent, governed AI use will win work.
Quality assurance
AI hallucination cases are accelerating. Governance ensures every AI output is verified against authoritative sources before it reaches a client, protecting both the firm and the people it serves.
From raw documents to AI-ready data.
AI agents are only as good as the documents they work from. LegalAI Space includes two purpose-built document tools — developed in-house — that convert, extract, and verify document data before any agent touches it.
MarkdownConverters
In-house built50+ document formats to AI-ready structured data
Our open-source document conversion engine handles every format law firms encounter — PDFs, scanned documents, Word, Excel, EPUB, images, and handwritten notes. Documents are converted into clean, structured data that AI agents can work with accurately.
Universal format support
50+ file formats including scanned PDFs, multi-column layouts, tables, and embedded images — converted with structure preserved
Intelligent structure recognition
Headings, clauses, tables, lists, and cross-references are identified and preserved — not flattened into plain text
Batch processing
Process entire matter folders at once with consistent settings — templates for NDAs, leases, employment contracts, and more
PaperAI
In-house builtHuman-in-the-loop document review and extraction
AI-powered extraction goes beyond basic OCR — contract terms, dates, obligations, parties, clauses, and financial figures are pulled into structured, searchable data. Every extraction is presented for human review before it proceeds.
Side-by-side review
Original document and AI extraction displayed together — lawyers verify accuracy before anything is finalised
Confidence scoring
Every extracted element shows a confidence score — uncertain items are highlighted so reviewers know exactly where to focus
Approval workflows
Role-based review and sign-off with Admin, Reviewer, and Editor roles — proper oversight chains before documents reach agents
Every legal AI tool makes lawyers more productive. None of them answer the question that matters.
Regulators worldwide are asking a simple question that no existing tool can answer: "Can you prove this AI output was governed?"
Al-Haroun v Qatar National Bank (UK, 2025)
A solicitor's submissions to the High Court contained 18 non-existent case authorities, generated using AI tools by the client and filed without independent verification. The solicitor was referred to the SRA. The court described a lamentable failure to check the accuracy of material put before the court.
Mata v Avianca (US, 2023)
Two lawyers sanctioned by a US federal court after filing a brief containing six entirely fictitious case citations generated by ChatGPT.
See the difference governance makes
Toggle between raw AI output and governed output. Hallucinated citations caught. Authorities verified. Full audit trail generated.
AI Research Output — Professional Negligence
No verification performedHedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd [1964] AC 465
Unchecked — assumed correct
Henderson & Partners v Stuart & Webb [2019] EWHC 1847 (Ch)
Hallucinated — this case does not exist
Limitation Act 1980, s.2 — 6 year limitation period
No amendment check — may be outdated
SRA Code of Conduct rule 3.3 — Competence
No compliance assessment performed
Watch the Research Agent work
Real-time view of the agent searching, verifying citations, catching a hallucination, and generating a compliance certificate.
The governance gap in numbers
Built for the people responsible for AI governance
AI governance touches every role in a modern law firm. LegalAI Space gives each stakeholder the visibility and evidence they need.
COLPs & Compliance Officers
Real-time dashboard of every AI-assisted work item, its verification status, and compliance score. Audit-ready reports mapped to SRA and EU AI Act requirements, generated automatically.
Managing Partners
Credible, evidence-based AI governance for PII renewals, panel tenders, and regulatory inspections. Demonstrate responsible AI use before a regulator or insurer asks.
Innovation Directors & IT Leaders
AI governance that integrates with your existing DMS and CMS. Region-specific hosting — UK data in UK, EU data in EU. GDPR compliant by design.
Practice Group Heads
Governance visibility by practice area — AI usage, verification pass rates, and compliance scores for your team. Ensure quality standards across AI-assisted work.
Risk Managers
AI risk register maintained automatically. Incidents flagged and escalated. Verification failures tracked. The data your risk framework needs, generated as a by-product of governed AI use.
Training & Competence Leads
Evidence of AI competence across the firm — who has been trained, what tools they use, and how their AI-assisted outputs perform against governance benchmarks.
Supervising Partners
See what trainees and associates produce with AI tools, what was verified, and what needs human review — supervision frameworks that work with AI, not against it.
COFAs & Finance Directors
AI governance data for PII renewal applications and regulatory reporting. Demonstrate to insurers that AI outputs are verified and supervised, reducing risk premiums.
Regulators worldwide are acting now
SRA Code of Conduct for Firms (UK)
SRA rules on governance (2.1), compliance records (2.2), and risk management (2.5) already apply to AI use. Other jurisdictions' professional conduct rules carry similar obligations.
SRA Compliance Officers Review
The SRA's thematic review found only one COLP across 25 firms could describe all their regulatory obligations — and only 10% of firms have formal AI policies. Increased scrutiny ahead.
EU AI Act full enforcement
Full enforcement of high-risk AI obligations under the EU AI Act (Annex III) — affecting any firm serving EU clients. Penalties of up to €15 million or 3% of global turnover for non-compliance.
Courts worldwide imposing consequences
From the UK Tax Tribunal to US federal courts, unverified AI outputs are leading to dismissed appeals, sanctions, and professional misconduct investigations. The trend is accelerating.
Built by someone who's shipped enterprise software at scale
Daman Kaur
Founder
Ex-Microsoft & HPE — a decade building cloud and AI infrastructure for Fortune 500 enterprises. Engineering from BITS Pilani, Executive Product Management from IIM Lucknow, and co-author of “Implementing Hybrid Cloud with Azure Arc” (Packt Publishing). Built MarkdownConverters and PaperAI before founding LegalAI Space to bring enterprise-grade governance to legal AI.
Amit Malik
Tech Advisor
COO at Spektra Systems, where he has built and scaled 3 commercial SaaS products. Ex-Microsoft, 15+ years in cloud & AI infrastructure, and co-author of “Implementing Hybrid Cloud with Azure Arc” (Packt Publishing). Advises on platform architecture, AI infrastructure, and scalable governance systems.
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- LegalAI Space is a technology platform. We are not a law firm and do not provide legal advice. Our agents and governance layer assist with AI-powered legal work and compliance monitoring but do not replace qualified legal counsel.
- Regulatory compliance features are designed to support — not substitute — your firm's existing compliance processes and professional judgement.
- Statistics cited: '96% of UK firms use AI' — Clio UK Legal Trends Survey 2024; '93% of mid-size firms' — Clio Legal Trends Report 2025 (mid-size segment); '10% have formal AI policies' — Thomson Reuters, Generative AI in Professional Services 2024; 'only one COLP could describe all obligations' — SRA Compliance Officers Thematic Review, December 2025 (25 firms, 36 individuals interviewed; general regulatory obligations, not AI-specific); '$1T+ global legal services market' — Grand View Research, Legal Services Market Report 2024; '£44B UK legal services market' — The Law Society, Economic Contribution of Legal Services 2024 (based on 2022 turnover data). Case references (Al-Haroun v Qatar National Bank, Mata v Avianca) are cited from publicly reported proceedings and simplified for illustrative purposes. EU AI Act penalty figures refer to Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 99. See our regional pages for full citations.