# England's solicitors' regulator authorised a firm that runs small-claims debt cases through an AI system, with client approval at each step and solicitors accountable for its outputs

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20250506-paralegal-6
Date: 2025-05-06 · Stage: Deployment
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## Scope

England and Wales. The regulator's release says it authorised a firm offering businesses an AI-powered litigation assistant that guides them through the small claims court process up to trial to recover unpaid debts; that the system is not autonomous and takes a step only where the client has approved it, with supervision and monitoring in place; and that named regulated solicitors remain accountable and responsible for all the system's outputs. One firm and one narrow kind of matter; no volumes.

## Source

- Solicitors Regulation Authority — 'SRA approves first AI-driven law firm' (6 May 2025) — https://www.sra.org.uk/news/news/releases/2025/garfield-ai-authorised/ (primary source)

## What this means

For simple debt claims in England, running the matter through the court steps can now be done by an authorised AI service, with a solicitor answerable for it.

## What it does not show yet

One firm, small-claims debt only; it does not show what happened to paralegal work elsewhere.

## How to verify it yourself

Open the SRA release 'SRA approves first AI-driven law firm' and find "will only take a step where the client has approved it".


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