SRA warning notice, 17 August 2026
Can solicitors use AI?
Yes. The SRA says firms are free to use AI tools, ChatGPT included, provided they still meet its standards: check every output before it is relied on, keep client information confidential and supervise the work. You stay accountable for it, however it was prepared. Tell us what you are weighing up and Joe will talk it through on a free call.
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Legal AI Tool Price Index
3 published prices from 3 providers' own pages, £16.10 to £89.
General assistant1 price
- microsoft.com £16.10
Originally starting from £16.10 now starting from £13.80
Drafting and review1 price
- genieai.co £45
£45
Practice management1 price
- smokeball.co.uk £89
From £89
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Legal AI Tool Price Index
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Every provider below was read on its own page through our fetch box, and the row says what that page published on the day we read it. 3 of 55 publish a figure; the rest are listed too, because how many will not quote a number is the most useful thing about this market. Nothing here is a quote for your job: it is what other people advertise.
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 55 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 52 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 3 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 231 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): per tool, its own published GB price normalised to per user per month ex VAT (annual and monthly billing kept apart), tagged by category (general assistant, legal research, drafting and review, practice management with AI, document automation, intake/receptionist, training); per category the median and range, the share of vendors that publish versus quote-only, and the cost of a general assistant seat against a legal-specific seat; euro or dollar figures read from an EU IP are never quoted as the GB price
| Provider | Published figure | Read | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genie AI UK pricing | £45 | 2026-10-28 | Genie AI UK pricing |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot Business (UK) | £16.10 | 2026-10-28 | Microsoft 365 Copilot Business (UK) |
| Smokeball UK pricing | £89 | 2026-10-28 | Smokeball UK pricing |
| Law Insider pricing | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Law Insider pricing |
| ChatGPT plans | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | ChatGPT plans |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise (UK) | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise (UK) |
| Claude plans | publishes no price | 2026-10-12 | Claude plans |
| Google Workspace UK pricing (Gemini included) | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Google Workspace UK pricing (Gemini included) |
| Juro pricing | publishes no price | 2026-10-12 | Juro pricing |
| Hoowla pricing calculator | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Hoowla pricing calculator |
| Paxton pricing | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Paxton pricing |
| Gavel pricing | publishes no price | 2026-10-11 | Gavel pricing |
| Bind pricing | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Bind pricing |
| Contractbook packages | publishes no price | 2026-10-12 | Contractbook packages |
| Ironclad pricing | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Ironclad pricing |
- The median published figure is £45 across 3 readings, with the middle half between £16.10 and £89. (Legal AI Tool Price Index: every row, with its source)
- 3 of 55 providers read publish a price at all; 52 publish none. (Legal AI Tool Price Index: every row, with its source)
- The cheapest published figure is £16.10, by Microsoft 365 Copilot Business (UK). (Microsoft 365 Copilot Business (UK))
- The dearest published figure is £89, by Smokeball UK pricing. (Smokeball UK pricing)
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“Legal AI Tool Price Index”, Can solicitors use AI, https://cansolicitorsuseai.co.uk/ (updated 2026-10-28). Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 55 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 52 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 3 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 231 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): per tool, its own published GB price normalised to per user per month ex VAT (annual and monthly billing kept apart), tagged by category (general assistant, legal research, drafting and review, practice management with AI, document automation, intake/receptionist, training); per category the median and range, the share of vendors that publish versus quote-only, and the cost of a general assistant seat against a legal-specific seat; euro or dollar figures read from an EU IP are never quoted as the GB price
Worth knowing
Every figure sourced and dated.
- Can solicitors use AI? The SRA rules, duty by duty
What the SRA's August 2026 warning notice says about AI: checking citations, confidentiality, supervision and who stays accountable for the work.
- Can lawyers use AI? Barristers, judges and the rest of the UK
Can lawyers use AI in the UK? What the BSB, the Bar Council, the judiciary and the Scottish and Northern Irish law societies say about it.
- Can solicitors use ChatGPT? Confidentiality and checking
Can solicitors use ChatGPT? Yes, but never with client data in a public tool, and never without checking. What the SRA and the Upper Tribunal said.
- Legal AI Tool Price Index: every published figure
Every provider we read that publishes a figure for can solicitors use ai, what it publishes, and the day we read it. 3 of 55 read.
- Who publishes a price, and who makes you ask
3 of 55 providers read for can solicitors use ai publish a figure. These are the ones that do not.
Frequently asked
Can solicitors use AI?
Yes. The SRA says firms are free to use AI tools provided they meet its standards: competent, supervised work, nothing false before the court and client confidentiality kept. The solicitor stays accountable for the output.(SRA warning notice: Misuse of AI (17 August 2026))
Can solicitors use ChatGPT?
Yes, but client information should only go into an AI tool where safeguards protect it, and every output, especially a citation, must be checked. The Upper Tribunal said client letters put into an open tool are in the public domain.(SRA warning notice: Misuse of AI (17 August 2026))
What happens if a solicitor relies on a fake AI citation?
In Ayinde v Haringey the solicitor and barrister faced a wasted costs application and were referred to their regulators. The court said reliance on AI is not a defence.(R (Ayinde) v Haringey LBC [2025] EWHC 1383 (Admin))
Can barristers use AI?
Yes. The Bar Standards Board's guidance explains how the existing BSB Handbook duties apply when barristers use AI.(BSB: new AI guidance for barristers)
What does each AI tool a UK law firm might use cost, per user per month, and who publishes a price?
The median published figure is £45. The middle half of the readings sit between £16.10 and £89 and the whole spread runs £16.10 to £89, over 3 figures read on 2026-10-28. A spread that wide is the honest answer: what you pay depends on the scope, so the table below shows every reading and who published it.(Legal AI Tool Price Index: every row, with its source)
How many providers publish a price at all?
3 of the 55 read, out of 58 named. The others answer with a quote form. They are listed in the table as publishing no price rather than dropped, because the share of a market that will not put a number on its own page is itself a finding.(Legal AI Tool Price Index: every row, with its source)
Where do these figures come from, and when were they read?
Each one is a sentence on the provider's own page, read on 2026-10-28 through our own fetch box and stored with the hash of the page's text, so the row can be checked against what was there that day. The row links to the page it came from.(Legal AI Tool Price Index: every row, with its source)
Is this a price for my job?
No. Every figure here is what a provider advertises on its own page for its own packages, not a quote for your work, and the spread from £16.10 to £89 is exactly why. Scope is what moves it. Ask for a price and you get one; this page is so you know what you are hearing when you do.(Legal AI Tool Price Index: every row, with its source)
Who answers an enquiry from this page?
Joe, who runs this site, reads every enquiry himself and replies directly. No firm receives your details. He gives information and a free call, never legal or regulatory advice.
Sources
This site's own datasets, every figure quoted from its source and dated:
- The Legal AI Adoption Series carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 26 to 70 percent, read 28 October 2026.
- The Legal AI Tool Price Index carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 16.10 to 89 GBP, read 28 October 2026.