Is Your Firm or Chambers Ready? Could Your Heads of Chambers, Partners, or Others Face Sanctions? How Far Does AI Liability Reach? 10 Crucial Questions

If you haven’t already seen it, the recent High Court judgment in Ayinde v Haringey and Al-Haroun v Qatar [2025] EWHC 1383 has sent a serious message through the legal community. For the first time, the court invoked the Hamid jurisdiction to scrutinise the use, and misuse, of artificial intelligence in legal practice.

But this judgment doesn’t just address the personal use of AI by lawyers. It goes further. It considers the consequences for anyone with “individual leadership responsibilities”, explicitly mentioning managing partners and heads of chambers (that list is not exhaustive).

Those in supervisory roles could now face real consequences. The Judgment lists the court’s powers and they include costs orders, referrals to regulators, committal or even referral to the police. Supervision and leadership are brought in sharp focus.

As a pupil supervisor, I’ve been reflecting on the implications of this judgment for those of us in leadership and supervisory roles. I’ve drafted 10 initial questions that I hope will serve as a useful starting point for law firms and chambers beginning to think seriously about AI oversight. This is by no means a complete list, but a prompt to open up discussion and practical planning.

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