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If your small law firm has little or no experience with artificial intelligence, you are not behind, you are simply at the right place to begin carefully. Many firms feel pressure to “do something with AI,” yet the noise around tools, vendors, and hype can make the first move feel overwhelming. The truth is simpler: […
Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from experimentation to everyday business operations. Whether it’s developers using AI-assisted coding tools, knowledge workers leveraging intelligent assistants, or organisations embedding AI into customer experiences, the pressure to adopt these technologies has never been gr
Gemini Enterprise Legal Preview Malcolm Pearson reported that Google Gemini Enterprise for Legal is available in South Africa in preview, meaning it remains in an evaluation and testing phase rather than a full release. The service operates within Google Cloud and is intended for sensitive-data environments such as law
Corporate optimism tends to peak just before litigation. There’s usually a polished deck, a consultant repeating “at scale”, and an AI system nobody in the room can explain without calling the vendor. The board approves it. Procurement applauds. Legal stays quiet, which isn’t necessarily reassurance. Welcome to the fri
Section 2(1) of the Alienation of Land Act, 1981 (“ALA”) provides that an alienation of land must be contained in a deed of alienation, signed by the parties or by their agents acting on their written authority, the only exception being a sale of land by public auction. Broken down, the requirements for a valid […]
The most reliable way to save money on a laptop is not hunting the deepest discount. It is buying only what you actually need and refusing everything else. For South African lawyers and legal staff, that means a machine that handles document-heavy work, online research platforms, video consultations, and court or clien
As National Wills Week 2026 highlights the importance of having a valid will, the legal profession is also reminded of what happens after the document is signed. Administering an estate depends on finding the right people, assets and information, and that requires trusted data. From 14 to 18 September 2026, National Wi
South Africa’s legal profession stands at a critical crossroads. While much public attention focuses on access to justice and transformation within the sector, a growing concern is emerging from within the profession itself: can the current legal ecosystem sustain the increasing number of legal practitioners entering t
When AI makes a multi-million-rand mistake, the machine won’t take the stand. Its human gatekeepers will. It begins, as these things often do, with a persuasive dashboard and a boardroom full of people delighted to discover that accountability can apparently be automated. The model is faster than the analysts, cheaper
South Africa’s telecommunications sector is facing a rapidly intensifying wave of fraud, cybercrime and interconnected operational threats, with subscription fraud cases surging 307% in a single year, according to the new Communications Risk and Information Centre (COMRiC) Telecommunications Sector Report 2026. COMRiC,
Join us this Wednesday at 4:00 PM SAST for our weekly live session as we discuss the recent product preview launch of Gemini Enterprise for Legal. For years, artificial intelligence in the legal sector felt reserved for mega-firms with massive IT budgets and dedicated engineering teams. Boutique and mid-sized law firms
The verification rule has been in the Legal Practice Council Rules for years. Whether it gets followed on a busy Friday afternoon is a separate matter. If you have been anywhere near a law firm’s accounts function in the last few years, you have probably heard some version of this story, or lived through a […]
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