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 Events 29 January 2026 9:30 am - 1:00 pm Book now Standard TicketPrice: £65.00VAT: £0.00Total: £65.00Discounted TicketPrice: £50.00VAT: £0.00Total: £50.00 ShareClick to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Book a place Ticket Type Price Spaces Standard Ticket £65.00 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 First name * Surname * Email address * Organisation * Please indicate any accessibility requirements we need to be aware of: * Do you have any dietary requirement? * Your main profession or activity * NGO Campaigner / activist Law centre Barrister (independent bar) Solicitor (LLP) Governmental or public body Regulatory body Academic Professional body Parliament Justice and Courts System Media Student Other Are you new to PLP (if you've NOT been to our event before, please select 'Yes')? * Select ... 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