"With the right prompting, legal AI is now way ahead of people. Barristers or advocates who depend on giving legal opinions and have no client contact are already completely fucked. But more is coming." spectator.com/article/ai-w...

"Prof Holmes fears that students, whether in school or university, could become too reliant on AI ... and not develop the fundamental skills an education provides." I fear students think we harm them by even hoping they want the fundamental skills an education provides. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

(1) No alcohol or alcohol free products before 10:00? Surely means the store ought not even to open before then. Yet it is. (2) The real inconvenience is that this poison is on sale in the first place, let alone post-10:00. Someone could get seriously hurt.

on.ft.com/4rjX3Lt Clifford Chance cites AI as it axes 10% of back-office staff

Those deciding about "the administration and governance of the university (namely, university bureaucrats) are not the ones who suffer the consequences if those processes go wrong (namely, students, lecturers, administrators who assist students and lecturers)." www.whatkatydid.net/p/hammered?u...

Learning "has very little to do with the way information is handed to a learner, but rather, how the learner processes that knowledge once they have it. It is important to remember – learning is within the control of the learner." onlineteaching.umich.edu/articles/the...

on.ft.com/4277Y04 AI agents still need a human in the mix for legal tasks

Conscientious people who are disciplined, dependable, and committed, do better. Neurotic people who are anxious, tense, emotional, less outgoing, do not persevere, and get distracted, do worse. on.ft.com/4fuzFpf via @financialtimes.com

Hobhouse LJ's judgment in Perrett v Collins [1999] PNLR 77 is just excellent. The eventual reference to it in Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2018] AC 736 is well-deserved. #tort #negligence

Excellent from J Turner KC, 'Freedom of contract and the climate crisis' [2025] LMCLQ 248, 248.

on.ft.com/3Z1EXBG #Lawfirm clients seek clarity on #AI’s potential to cut costs