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Garfield AI
Garfield AI (https://www.garfield.law) is an English law firm that provides regulated legal services through an artificial intelligence (AI) platform.
In 2025, it became the first law firm in the world to be authorised to deliver legal services using AI, following authorisation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.[1].
History
Garfield AI was founded by Philip Young, a former City of London commercial litigator (formerly co-founder of specialist law firm Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP https://www.cyklaw.com), and Daniel Long, a quantum physicist.[2]
Young explained the genesis of Garfield to the Justice Select Committee in the UK's Parliament as being a desire to help his brother-in-law, a plumber and sole trader near Sheffield, who occasionally had customers who evaded paying his brother-in-law's invoices. This prompted Young to help. When ChatGPT 4 was released in March 2023 he began work with Long on building an AI product to help, which became Garfield.[3]
On 6 May 2025, the SRA formally authorised Garfield AI, describing the decision as a “landmark” for the legal sector in England and Wales.[1]
The regulatory process examined Garfield’s safeguards for client confidentiality, conflict of interest management, and measures to mitigate the risk of AI “hallucinations” in legal drafting.[4]
Services
Garfield AI’s platform is designed to help individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises, larger businesses, as well as law firms, accountancy firms and other professional businesses to pursue small claims debt recovery in England and Wales.[5]
Key features include:
1. Handling claims up to £10,000 through the small claims track.[6]
2. Low-cost or no-upfront-fee models, with Court costs recoverable where permitted.[6]
3. Automated generation of legal documents, including initial “polite chasers,” Letters Before Action, Claim Forms, Particulars of Claim, responses to Defences, preparation of Directions Questionnaires and Court bundles.[5]
4. Human oversight of outputs, initially by Young himself, with quality-sampling methods introduced over time.[2]
Reception
The Financial Times described Garfield AI’s approval as a “landmark moment” for UK legal services.[2] Other outlets, including Bloomberg, The Telegraph, and the Daily Mail, reported the authorisation as a significant test case for the future of AI in law.[7][8][9]
Commentators highlighted the potential of the platform to improve access to justice by reducing costs and enabling recovery of billions in unpaid small debts, estimated between £6 billion and £20 billion annually.[2]
Future Developments
Garfield AI has indicated that it plans to expand beyond debt recovery into other areas of small claims litigation, subject to regulatory approval.[5] Analysts have suggested it could serve as a precedent for AI-driven legal services internationally.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "SRA authorises AI law firm Garfield". Solicitors Regulation Authority. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ a b c d Moore, Patrick (6 May 2025). "AI law firm Garfield wins landmark approval from regulator". Financial Times. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ "Written evidence submitted by Garfield.Law Limited".
- ^ "SRA approves AI law firm Garfield". Law Society Gazette. 7 May 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ a b c "Artificial intelligence to initiate and manage litigations after landmark approval". Computer Weekly. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Garfield.Law". Garfield.Law. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ "UK regulator approves AI law firm Garfield". Bloomberg. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ "First AI law firm approved in the UK". The Daily Telegraph. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ "AI firm Garfield approved to take cases to court". Daily Mail. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ "Is Garfield the first AI-driven law firm a big deal?". Artificial Lawyer. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
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