The tool can draft. The lawyer still signs.
Keep client material out of public AI tools, check every citation, and be able to show both.
Research, drafting and review now run through AI, and the courts and the Solicitors Regulation Authority have made clear that accountability stays with the lawyer. GenWA Guard checks AI work against your rules and routes it to the right reviewer, and GenWA Evidence keeps the record for the file.
of UK lawyers say they use AI, while most say they worry about hallucinations (invented answers delivered with confidence).
LexisNexis survey of UK lawyers, 2026 (vendor survey)authorities cited in a witness statement in a 2025 High Court case were fictitious. The court referred lawyers to their regulators.
Ayinde v Haringey and Al-Haroun v Qatar National Bank [2025] EWHC 1383 (Admin)reports of possible AI misuse reached the Solicitors Regulation Authority between July 2025 and July 2026.
Solicitors Regulation Authority warning notice, 17 August 2026, as reported by law-firm commentaryInsurers have begun asking for an AI policy, training and monitoring evidence at renewal.
Lockton, reported by Legal Futures, March 2026Your name is on the work, whichever tool produced it.
of 45 cited authorities were invented in one 2025 High Court case, and lawyers were referred to their regulators.
Ayinde v Haringey and Al-Haroun v Qatar National Bank [2025] EWHC 1383 (Admin)The Solicitors Regulation Authority's 2026 warning notice names confidential client information entered into AI tools without safeguards as a core concern. What it costs you: privilege, trust and a possible disciplinary finding.
The High Court has said AI tools are not capable of reliable legal research without checking. What it costs you: wasted costs, referral to the regulator and a reputation that is slow to rebuild.
Accountability for AI output sits with the regulated individual and the firm. What it costs you: no record to show a client, insurer or regulator that a named person checked.
Professional indemnity insurers are asking for an AI policy and monitoring evidence at renewal. What it costs you: a harder renewal and a scramble for answers.
Without an approved route, people use personal accounts and consumer tools. What it costs you: use you cannot see, on matters you are responsible for.
Panel reviews and tenders now ask how AI is used on client work. What it costs you: answers from memory that may not match practice.
Banning AI does not remove the risk. It removes your view of it.
A ban moves use to personal accounts, where nobody supervises it, and gives up the time AI can return on research, first drafts and document review. The firm that can say yes with rules it can show is in a stronger position than the firm that says no and hopes. That means an approved route for each task, client material kept inside it, a named checker for anything that leaves the building, and a record the supervising partner can open.
Control applies to AI used through GenWA. Supports your compliance work and is not legal advice.
Six ways to use AI on client work and still show your supervision.
Guard checks the work. Evidence keeps the record. Advisers, human and agentic, shape both to your practice.
Data Protection applies identity, rules and redaction before a request reaches an approved model. Personal data is redacted before approved external model calls.
About Data ProtectionGuard checks drafts before they leaveGuard checks documents against your rules and flags what does not align. A named reviewer approves anything consequential, and nobody else can.
About GuardRules written for your practiceRules set which tasks may use AI, which models, and what must always go to a person, such as citations and advice to clients.
About RulesA record for the fileThe Log records what AI saw, produced and who approved it, held in your AWS or Azure account, or hosted by GenWA on AWS as agreed. Evidence Packs turn it into a report for a client, insurer or regulator.
About Evidence PacksVisibility by practice groupUsage Insight shows which groups use AI, on which tools, and at what cost, across AI connected to GenWA.
About Usage InsightThe legal and accountancy toolkitManaged accounts, Data Protection, Rules, Usage Insight, the Log, Evidence Packs and an Independent AI Audit, bundled as the GenWA Toolkit. We confirm in writing which parts are available today.
See the GenWA ToolkitDocuments are produced alongside AI use, then flagged to a named person to approve.
When AI helps draft a document, the supporting record is generated with it: what was asked, which rules applied and what was produced. Anything consequential is flagged to the person with authority to sign it off.
Animated flow showing documents produced alongside AI use and flagged to a named person for approval
- 1Document generated
A record is produced alongside the AI use, as the work happens.
- 2Flagged
Anything that needs a decision is sent to the person who owns it.
- 3Approved by a person
A named person approves, changes or rejects it. AI does not sign off.
- 4Recorded
The decision, the approver and the date are kept with the document.
- Summarising large document sets for a lawyer to read.
- Drafting from precedent where a lawyer reviews every line.
- Sorting and classifying documents at intake.
- Advice to a client and the final word on any authority cited.
- Decisions on credit, hiring or medical matters.
- Anything that must be identical every time, such as a deadline calculation.
The line is not set by the technology. It is set by who is accountable and how quickly a mistake would be caught.
Three settings where legal teams feel it first.
Pick the setting closest to yours.
Privilege, citations and supervision
The Solicitors Regulation Authority expects accountability to stay with the firm. Guard keeps client documents inside approved routes and sends citations to a named checker, and Evidence records who checked what for the matter file.
See legalClient files and professional indemnity questions
Practices handle sensitive financial data and answer to insurers and professional bodies. Managed accounts, Rules and the Log show how AI-assisted work is supervised.
See accountancyContracts, consent and records in a regulated setting
In-house counsel in care providers advise on special-category data, consent and incident records. Rules and the Data-Flow Map show where health data goes, and the Log supports an inspection response.
See healthcare and careThree routes for a legal team, from a first review to a supervised build.
Advisers are human and agentic. A fourth route, the Accelerator, is by application only and is paid by equity, project, retainer or licence, for founder-led businesses that want us alongside them.
Our advisers, human and agentic, review how AI is used on client work, write the approved-use rules, and design the supervision record with your risk partner.
See advisoryProductsGuard, Data Protection and Evidence run in your AWS or Azure account, or hosted by GenWA on AWS as agreed. They keep client material in approved routes and build the record as work happens.
See Data ProtectionIncubatorWe build a workflow such as intake checks or document classification, in an agreed engagement in a controlled environment. Named people approve, and you own the rules, prompts and record.
See the IncubatorEstimate how much checking Guard could take off your team.
Enter how many documents your people check each month and how long a check takes today. This is an indicative estimate from your own figures, not a forecast.
Review workload calculator
Workload estimate, from the numbers you enter
- Every output that needs review is reviewed once, by one person.
- Who must review, and what counts as consequential, is your decision, not an estimate.
Items marked assumption can be edited. No figures are stored or sent.
How this is worked out
Reviews a week = outputs a week x share needing review. Review hours = reviews x minutes per review / 60. Share of one person's week = review hours / working hours in a week.
Three colleagues who share the risk, and three functions to bring alongside.
The people who carry accountability, and the teams working beside legal.
Owns the rules, the supervision record and what you show a regulator.
For Compliance and General CounselChief executiveWants to say yes to AI with rules that can be shown.
For the chief executiveChief financial officerAnswers the insurer and sees what AI costs the practice.
For the chief financial officerCompliance teamsShare the evidence and the rule changes.
AI for compliance teamsSales teamsSend proposals and claims that legal reviews.
AI for sales teamsProduct teamsShip AI features that carry contract and data terms.
AI for product teamsWant to see how a supervised draft looks?
Book a demo and we will walk through a document, its check, its approval and the record, using example data.
Straight answers.
Can law firms use AI safely?
Yes, when AI use is limited to approved routes, client material is protected and a named lawyer checks the output. The Solicitors Regulation Authority has said it does not tell firms to avoid AI, but that accountability stays with the solicitor and the firm.
How do we stop client documents going into public AI tools?
Give people an approved route that is easier than the public tool, and apply rules before a request leaves. GenWA Data Protection applies identity, rules and redaction to AI used through GenWA, so personal data is redacted before approved external model calls.
How can we catch invented citations?
Make verification a named step before anything is filed or sent. Guard can flag documents that contain citations and route them to a named checker, and Evidence records who checked them. The checker is a person.
What will our insurer want to see?
Insurers are increasingly asking for an AI policy, training and monitoring evidence. Evidence Packs gather the register, rules and exceptions for a period into one report you can hand over.
Does GenWA give legal advice?
No. GenWA supports your own compliance work with controls, checks and records. Legal advice stays with lawyers.
Does it work for a firm of ten to fifty people?
Yes. A firm of ten people or more can start with a short review, one approved route and a simple record, without a large team. Advisers, human and agentic, shape it to the size of the practice.
Where is the record kept?
The record is held in your AWS or Azure account, or hosted by GenWA on AWS as agreed. We agree which in writing before we start.
Use AI on client work and show your supervision.
Supports your compliance work and is not legal advice. Control applies to AI used through GenWA.