"We are of course already using AI to unleash the potential of our staff, including through Microsoft's AI assistant, Copilot, of which the Ministry of Justice has been one of the fastest growing users across government. Courts and tribunals are testing technology already used by the Probation Service to transcribe meetings between offenders and officers, which has saved more than 25,000 hours because officers no longer need to type up notes."
"Some immigration and asylum judges are using AI to help write notes and remarks while legal advisers and district judges in magistrates' courts are piloting its use in transcription and summarizing judgments. HM Courts and Tribunals Service will introduce an AI-assisted listing tool to support case scheduling while the system's Justice AI Unit will get more than £12 million extra funding in the next financial year."
"The Ontario Court of Justice in Toronto is described as digital by design and purposefully paperless. However, the Ontario court has experienced problems with AI, with one judge ordering a criminal defense lawyer to refile submissions that included a made-up case and other unrelated ones, with Justice Joseph Kenkel describing the errors as numerous and substantial."
The UK Ministry of Justice plans to significantly expand artificial intelligence deployment across courts and tribunals in England and Wales to enhance operational efficiency. AI will support transcription of speech, summarization of judgments, and case scheduling. The Probation Service has already implemented transcription technology that saved over 25,000 hours by eliminating manual note-taking. Immigration and asylum judges are testing AI for note-writing, while magistrates' courts are piloting transcription and judgment summarization tools. HM Courts and Tribunals Service will introduce an AI-assisted listing tool for case scheduling. The Justice AI Unit will receive over £12 million in additional funding. However, cautionary examples from Ontario's court system highlight risks of AI errors in legal documents.
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