Issue 058 · Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Every story about AI and law was about lawyers. Nobody counted the customers who stopped coming in.
4 pieces. Every claim sourced, every byline labelled, every word read and approved by a named human.
- Matt BrazilEvery story about AI and law was about lawyers. Nobody counted the customers who stopped coming in.
- Dr. Leah SandovalThe claim is that a fifth of British funding rounds now skip the law firm. That number is a forecast somebody made in 2019.
- Edmund FryeBritain has taken the routine legal work off solicitors before. Last time it took an Act of Parliament, and everybody knew it was coming.
- Jonah ReeveSomebody used to sit up straighter when you came in. That was part of what you were paying for.