Morning update: AI and automated decision making, litigation and law reform

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, Kingsley Napley.

Date: Thursday 29 January, 09:30-1:00 pm
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 very brief reason for requesting a complimentary ticket.  PLP are very happy to ensure accessibility and affordability of our events, but please remember PLP is a charity, and we’d appreciate it if attendees,  or their organsations, contribute if they can.

Apologies – due to limited capacity, we are not offering 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  
• Louise Hooper, Garden Court Chambers

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.

• Chair: Emily Carter, Kingsley Napley
• Ellen Lefley, JUSTICE
• Ravi Naik, AWO Legal
• Matthew Lee, Doughty Street Chambers

13:00 Event finishes