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💁♂️I have written earlier about this problem, but more and more cases are appearing
⚖️And this week The Economist writes about an interesting AI side effect: British employment tribunals are swamped with claims, but some readers say the problem isn’t access to justice itself.
In Britain there are already 64,000 unresolved employment cases. One letter to the paper says: AI complaints do create a “word salad,” but the main problem is different — cases are being closed poorly and slowly. They propose simpler forms, stricter case management, deposit orders for weak claims, and early mediation.
There is another important social detail: legal aid usually does not cover employment disputes. That means poorer workers and those without union representation turn to AI not because they prefer it, but because there is no one else to go to.
In short, this is no longer a fantasy about robot lawyers. It’s about AI simultaneously clogging the system and giving weaker people at least a chance to file a proper claim. Here the state should not ban it, but learn to filter.
