Issue 055 · Wednesday, 26 August 2026
A machine now writes the emergency application, and the court has given itself an hour to read it. Applications went from about twenty a year to about twenty a month.
5 pieces. Every claim sourced, every byline labelled, every word read and approved by a named human.
- Matt BrazilThe one emergency power a sacked whistleblower has went from about twenty applications a year to about twenty a month, and the judges have given themselves an hour to read each one
- Dr. Ines CalderónThe tribunal has capped its own reading time at one hour, and told litigants to name their best documents
- Ada OkaforA free drafting tool makes it easy to allege twenty things. The test rewards alleging one and proving it
- Elena MarshClaimants are automating the filing and the courts are automating the hearing. Asked to measure the first, the government said it had written a principles document instead
- The QuernalIf you have just been dismissed for speaking up, four things worth knowing before you open a chatbot