Cardinal AI Systems · Law Firm Division

Your firm is already
using AI.
The SRA is watching.

The SRA expects documented AI governance now. The ICO is actively enforcing. Your clients are starting to ask questions. Three free tools. No excuses.

£17.5M
Max ICO fine for data violations
44%
Firms with no AI policy
60%
Clients unaware AI used on their matter
0wks
Grace period — SRA obligations apply now
REGULATORY ACTION REQUIRED NOW · SRA AI guidance in force · ICO actively enforcing UK GDPR against AI deployments · 44% of UK law firms have no AI governance policy · For EU-facing firms: EU AI Act high-risk obligations from August 2026
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Tool 01 · Most Popular
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Free · 3 minutes · Board-ready report

Shadow AI & Transparency Diagnostic

13 questions. Your firm's personalised AI governance exposure report — including your specific ICO fine exposure calculated against your turnover, your SRA risk score, and your three highest-priority remediation actions. Identifies shadow AI use, governance gaps, and what needs fixing first. Report appears on screen instantly — download or print as PDF.

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Tool 02 · Instant Results
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Free · 60 seconds · Violation register

Document Compliance Scanner

Paste any document — AI policy, engagement letter, client communication, data handling policy. Select your frameworks — UK GDPR, ICO guidance, Consumer Duty, EU AI Act, and FCA. Get back a prioritised violation register with specific rule references and compliant rewrites in under 60 seconds.

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Tool 03 · Instant Documents
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Free · 8 questions · 3 documents

AI Policy Generator

8 questions about your firm. Three complete, bespoke governance documents generated in 60 seconds — AI Acceptable Use Policy, AI Governance Charter, and AI Incident Reporting Template. Named to your firm. References your specific AI tools. Cites SRA Code of Conduct, UK GDPR, ICO guidance, and EU AI Act Articles where applicable to your firm's EU-facing work.

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What Is At Stake

Three ways this costs
your firm real money.

These are not hypothetical risks. They are active regulatory obligations with named consequences.

ICO Enforcement — Active Now
The ICO is actively enforcing UK GDPR against organisations using AI without adequate data protection controls. Using AI tools without Data Processing Agreements, processing client data without lawful basis, failing to conduct DPIAs — all live violations today. No grace period. No warning required.
Up to £17.5M or 4% global turnover
SRA Regulatory Accountability — Personal and Firm-Level
The SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors Para 3.5 states that supervising solicitors remain personally accountable for work carried out by those they supervise — including AI-assisted work. The Code for Firms Rules 2.1(a), 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4 create parallel firm-level obligations for effective governance, competent service, and supervision of client matters. A supervising solicitor who cannot demonstrate adequate oversight of AI use on their matters faces personal regulatory action. A firm without documented AI governance systems faces institutional sanction. Both can occur simultaneously from the same incident.
Personal regulatory action · Unlimited SDT sanction · Firm-level enforcement
Client Trust Collapse
60% of in-house legal teams do not know whether their outside counsel are using AI on their matters. Major corporates are beginning to ask in RFPs. The firms that can demonstrate governance will win the mandates that others lose. This is already a commercial differentiator — not a future risk.
Immeasurable — but measurable when it's gone
Built By

Ronke Jegede

Founder, Cardinal AI Systems. AI Governance Architect. Not a theorist — a builder who has deployed AI in the environments where getting it wrong costs real money.

30
Years of corporate governance Operational governance across enterprise, government, and regulated sectors
LLB
Law degree Legal reasoning and regulatory literacy — understanding how rules are constructed, how regulators think, and how governance frameworks must be built to withstand scrutiny
HBS
Harvard — Leadership
40+
Live AI platforms deployed Government, financial services, healthcare, education, oil & gas, legal, enterprise — UK and Nigeria

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