Your firm uses AI. Can your COLP prove it's governed?
LegalAI Space brings SRA-native AI governance to UK law firms. It checks every citation against BAILII and legislation.gov.uk, applies the SRA rules before work reaches the lawyer, and builds your audit evidence automatically.
- A specialist agent for each kind of legal work, from research to disputes.
- Finished work product. Research memos, redlines, diligence grids, not chat replies.
- Checked, sourced and signed before it ever reaches a client.
SRA Regulatory Landscape
The SRA rules that already cover AI.
There's no standalone SRA AI rulebook — but AI sits squarely inside the existing Code of Conduct for Firms. Your COLP is already responsible for governing it, and the SRA's December 2025 thematic review confirmed as much.
SRA Code of Conduct for Firms
In force — applies nowRule 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.
96%
of UK firms now use AI
10%
have formal AI governance policies
1
COLP out of those reviewed could describe all obligations
£44B
UK legal services market
The Problem
Almost every firm uses AI. Few can govern it.
96% of UK firms now use AI; only 10% have a formal AI policy. Every legal AI tool makes lawyers faster. None of them answer the one question the SRA is now asking: “Can you prove this AI output was governed?” That's the gap we close.
Al-Haroun v Qatar National Bank [2025]
Solicitor filed submissions containing 18 non-existent case authorities generated by AI. Referred to the SRA.
Ayinde v Haringey [2025]
Pupil barrister cited five fabricated case authorities. Referred to the BSB. Court noted potential contempt of court.
The Law Society (November 2025)
Called for urgent SRA guidance on AI use in litigation following the Mazur ruling on reserved legal activities.
The Governance Engine
Verify, comply, prove it.
Three stages, built from SRA rules rather than borrowed from generic compliance. Every answer is checked against the real authorities and the rules that apply to your firm — before it reaches a lawyer.
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
Jurisdictional accuracy validated across England & Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland
Proprietary database cross-referenced for multi-step verification and faster retrieval
Comply
SRA Regulatory Compliance
Applies the SRA Code of Conduct to every output automatically — your firm's rules, run in context.
SRA Code of Conduct rules 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 4.2, and 4.3 applied to every output
Confidentiality rules 6.3–6.5 checked — client-identifying information flagged automatically
Your firm's own policies layered on top — information barriers, client instructions, practice area rules
Read in context: the same output is judged against the right rules for that practice area and client
Prove
Audit Trail for COLPs
Keeps a tamper-proof, signed record of every step, mapped to SRA inspection requirements — the evidence your COLP needs on demand.
Every verification result, compliance check, and decision logged with timestamps
COLP dashboard: real-time compliance scores by team, practice area, and risk level
Audit-ready reports built automatically — mapped to what the SRA actually asks during inspections
A tamper-proof record — entries cannot be edited or deleted after they are written
One-click evidence packs: COLP Evidence Bundle, PI Insurer Evidence Pack, and a Client AI Use Disclosure your firm can hand over when asked
Real captures from the live app: every authority checked against the source, and the whole run in the COLP's signed audit record — exportable for an SRA inspection in one click.
Built For You
Built for the people the SRA holds responsible
AI governance touches every role in a firm. LegalAI Space gives each person the visibility and evidence they need — from the COLP to the training lead.
COLPs & Compliance Officers
Real-time COLP dashboard of every AI-assisted work item, its verification status, and SRA compliance score. Audit-ready reports mapped to inspection requirements, generated automatically.
Managing Partners
Credible, evidence-based AI governance for PII renewals, panel tenders, and SRA 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. All data on UK infrastructure (Azure UK South / AWS eu-west-2). UK GDPR compliant by design.
Practice Group Heads
Governance visibility by practice area — see AI usage, verification pass rates, and compliance scores for your team. Ensure quality standards are met across AI-assisted work.
Risk Managers
AI risk register maintained automatically. Incidents flagged and escalated. Verification failures tracked and resolved. 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
Supervision frameworks that work with AI. See what your trainees and associates produce with AI tools, what was verified, and what needs human review — without adding bureaucracy.
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.
The UK regulatory window is now
SRA Code of Conduct for Firms
Rules 2.1 (governance), 2.2 (compliance records), 2.5 (risk management), 4.2 (competent service), 4.3 (staff competence), and 6.3–6.5 (confidentiality) — all directly applicable to AI use.
SRA Compliance Officers Thematic Review
Visited 25 firms, interviewed 36 individuals. Only one COLP could describe all their regulatory obligations. Only 10% of firms have formal AI policies.
SRA GenAI Good Practice Note
SRA GenAI FAQ and Good Practice Note — formalising AI governance expectations for SRA-regulated firms.
EU AI Act high-risk obligations
UK firms serving EU clients will need to comply. Legal AI is high-risk (Annex III); those obligations apply from 2 December 2027 under the Digital Omnibus adopted in June 2026 (transparency duties apply from August 2026). Penalties up to EUR 15 million or 3% of global turnover for high-risk non-compliance.
The founder
Built by someone who had to stand behind the system.
LegalAI Space is the work of a founder who spent a decade shipping infrastructure that enterprises had to trust — now turned on the part of legal AI that matters most: governance.
She started LegalAI Space because legal AI had inherited the speed of enterprise infrastructure and none of its accountability.
Daman spent a decade building cloud and AI infrastructure for large enterprises at Microsoft and HPE. The question there was never only “does it run?” but “can you stand behind it?”
Firms were being asked to trust output they could not trace. Her focus is the layer that closes the gap: the rules, the verification, and the record that let a partner sign off with confidence.
Engineering, BITS Pilani · Executive product management, IIM Lucknow
Advisory board
Advisers who have built and sold legal technology.
The founder builds the governance layer. The advisory board brings the commercial and market experience to put it in the hands of the firms that need it.
Jon Bartman
Advisory Board
Jon Bartman is Co-Founder and Director of The Law Tech Consultancy and Vice President of the European Legal Technology Association (ELTA), bringing deep experience in helping law firms and in-house teams turn legal technology into measurable business impact. Having guided companies through flotations, fundraising and investor exits and worked with leading firms such as Mishcon de Reya and Cooley LLP, he adds sharp commercial and go-to-market insight to LegalAI Space's advisory board.
UK-specific questions
How verification, governance, and the agents work inside an SRA-regulated firm.
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LegalAI Space is a technology platform. We are not a law firm, we are not regulated by the SRA, and we do not provide legal advice.
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References to the SRA Code of Conduct for Firms (SRA Standards and Regulations, effective 25 November 2019) are for informational purposes. Rule numbers cited (2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 4.2, 4.3, 6.3–6.5) refer to the SRA Code of Conduct for Firms. Firms should verify current regulatory requirements directly with the SRA.
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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); '£44B UK legal market' — The Law Society, Economic Contribution of Legal Services 2024 (based on 2022 turnover data).
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Case references (Al-Haroun v Qatar National Bank, Ayinde v Haringey) are cited from publicly reported proceedings and simplified for illustrative purposes.
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References to BAILII (bailii.org) and legislation.gov.uk are to publicly available legal information services. LegalAI Space is not affiliated with either service.
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Product features described on this page represent planned or in-development capabilities. Final functionality may vary.