An in-person morning session covering AI and automated decision making (ADM) in the public sector, including litigation and law reform, and use and risks of using AI in public law litigation. Presented in partnership with, and kindly hosted by, Kinsley Napley.

Date: Thursday 29 January, 09:55-13:00
Location: Kingsley Napley, EC2A 4DN
Format: In-person only (won’t be recorded)

Topics include:

  • Applying public law to AI and automation in the public sector  
  • Barriers and enablers to litigation in the public sector use of AI and automatic decision-making (ADM)  
  • Proposed legislative programmes and scrutiny 
  • Use, challenge, and defence of the use of AI by lawyers  

Ticket pricing

  • Standard ticket: £65 (for those working in private practice and public bodies)
  • Discounted ticket: £50 (for those working at charities, trainees and pupils)
  • Complimentary tickets are available.  If you could drop an email to [email protected] , giving a brief reason for requesting a complimentary ticket.  PLP are very happy to ensure accessibility for our events, but please remember PLP is charity please do contribute if you can.

Apologies – due to limited capacity, we do not offer student tickets for this event.

Programme

09:30-09:55 Registration and pastries 

09:55-10:00 Introduction

  • Caroline Selman, Public Law Project  

10:00-10:30 Applying public law to AI and automation in the public sector
Our panel discuss how the principles of public law and judicial review might be deployed to challenge automated decision-making by public authorities.

  • Chair: Sahil Kher, Kingsley Napley
  • Professor Joe Tomlinson, Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London
  • Brendan McGurk KC, Monckton Chambers  

10:30-11:00 Barriers and enablers to litigating state use of AI and ADM
PLP will discuss the initial consultation and findings of their Nuffield Foundation funded programme, investigating the barriers and enablers to public and judicial scrutiny of the use of AI and ADM by Government.  

  • Caroline Selman and Joe Summers, Public Law Project  
  • Another speaker TBC

11:00-11:30 Law reform in public sector automated decision-making
The Law Commission will discuss the scope of their proposed work around law reform in this area, as part of their 14th Programme of Law Reform

  • Professor Alison Young, Law Commission 

11:30-12:00 Break and networking   

12:00-13:00 Use and risks of AI in public law litigation
This session will look at the use,  challenge, and defense of the use of AI by lawyers, including emerging regulatory issues.

  • Emily Carter, Kingsley Napley
  • Ellen Lefley, JUSTICE
  • Ravi Naik, AWO Legal
    More speakers TBC

13:00 Event finishes

 


29 January 2026
9:30 am - 1:00 pm

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