Your firm uses AI. Can your COLP prove it's governed?
LegalAI Space is building SRA-native AI governance for UK law firms — a multi-agent system that verifies AI legal output against BAILII and legislation.gov.uk, checks SRA compliance before work reaches the lawyer, and generates audit-ready evidence automatically. Built for SRA and EU AI Act compliance from day one.
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
The SRA rules that apply to AI use today.
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.
SRA Code of Conduct for Firms
In force — applies nowKey obligations for law firms using AI
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 governance gap in numbers
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
AI adoption is near-universal. Governance is not.
96% of UK law firms now use AI — yet only 10% have formal AI policies. Every legal AI tool makes lawyers more productive. None of them answer the question the SRA is now asking: “Can you prove this AI output was governed?”
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.
Verify against BAILII. Comply with SRA rules. Prove it to your COLP.
Our proprietary three-stage governance engine is built from SRA rules — not adapted from generic compliance. Every agent output passes through a UK-specific supervision pipeline, verifying against authoritative sources and regulatory requirements in real time.
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
Evaluates outputs against SRA Code of Conduct rules encoded as policy-as-code — contextual rule evaluation, not a static checklist.
SRA Code of Conduct rules 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 4.2, 4.3 encoded as executable policy logic
Confidentiality rules 6.3–6.5 checked — client-identifying information flagged automatically
Firm-specific compliance policies layered on top — information barriers, client instructions, practice area rules
Contextual evaluation: the same output is assessed differently depending on practice area and client
Prove
Audit Trail for COLPs
Generates immutable audit trails mapped to SRA inspection requirements — the evidence your COLP needs when the SRA asks.
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 generated automatically — mapped to what the SRA actually asks during inspections
Immutable records — audit data cannot be edited or deleted after creation
Built for the people the SRA holds responsible
AI governance touches every role in a modern law firm. LegalAI Space gives each stakeholder 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 full enforcement
UK firms serving EU clients will need to comply. Penalties of up to EUR 15 million or 3% of global turnover for high-risk AI non-compliance.
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, we are not regulated by the SRA, and we do not provide legal advice.
- 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.
- 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).
- Case references (Al-Haroun v Qatar National Bank, Ayinde v Haringey) are cited from publicly reported proceedings and simplified for illustrative purposes.
- References to BAILII (bailii.org) and legislation.gov.uk are to publicly available legal information services. LegalAI Space is not affiliated with either service.
- Product features described on this page represent planned or in-development capabilities. Final functionality may vary.