Convened by AI West with Bristol Law Society, Bristol and Bath Legal Tech and ICAEW West of England.

In July the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce said professionals could be found liable not only for misusing AI, but for failing to use it where reasonable care and skill would require it. Accountancy firms face the same pressure from clients, regulators and competitors, without the case law.

So the question has moved on. Not whether to adopt, but what to adopt first, what it costs, and how you know it worked.

Most firms your size are guessing. The technology is rarely the hard part. The hard part is choosing, getting people to actually use it, and being able to show the difference.

What we'll cover

What has worked inside small and mid-tier law and accountancy firms, and what has not

Where firms lose money on adoption, and the decisions that cause it

What the UKJT statement means in practice for how you supervise AI use

A free online resource built from three years of working directly with firms

Who it's for

Partners, fee earners and innovation leads at small and mid-sized law firms and accountancy practices. No technical background needed.

Speaker

Professor James Faulconbridge, Lancaster University, co-lead of TiPS (Technology in Professional Services). Funded by ESRC and Innovate UK and run by Lancaster, Oxford Brookes and Salford, TiPS has provided over 500 hours of support to more than 60 professional services firms across the UK since January 2024, and accelerated technology adoption in 75% of them. James also sits on the Mayor of London's AI and Jobs Taskforce.

Agenda

12:00 Arrival & Networking

12:30 Findings from TiPS

13:10 A firm's experience of adoption

13:35 Questions

14:00 Close

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