Muhammad Ali has pleaded not guilty to a further count of conspiracy to destroy documents in the SFO's ongoing prosecution over the collapse of Axiom Ince.
By Law Week · 16 Oct 2026
Deals & M&A 
Firms The debate keeps asking how much of the solicitor can be automated away. Dan Yeo argues that is the wrong question, and that the real opportunity is removing the process that surrounds their expertise rather than the expertise itself.
LWLaw WeekAnalysisIf machines can produce a competent first draft of almost anything, what is a lawyer actually being paid for? An argument about where the value now sits.
SASam AllcockFounder & Editor-at-largeAs machines commoditise the mechanics of legal work, trust, brand and named authority become the only differentiators a firm cannot be undercut on.
