The UK government is developing AI legal assistants for use in the Crown Court, designed to support legal professionals with research, case analysis, and routine casework in a bid to speed up justice and cut delays. The technology will first be trialled in controlled environments to ensure compliance with judicial and ethical standards before any rollout. Judges will also use a new AI tool to identify trial-ready cases and group similar hearings to maximise resources. Deputy Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor David Lammy announced the initiatives at London Tech Week. Separately, every probation officer in England and Wales now has Justice Transcribe, an AI tool that records and transcribes conversations with offenders, projected to save 18,750 calendar days of staff time annually. A similar transcription tool is being trialled in the Immigration and Asylum Tribunals. The announcements follow the recent launch of “AI Growth Labs,” secure testing environments for the UK lawtech sector.
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