AI Tools
A short list of AI tools for solicitors in England and Wales: what each costs, where it keeps your data, and what to check before using it. Every price is dated and linked to the vendor's own page.
Featured Tools
ChatGPT
General AIOpenAI's general-purpose assistant. Personal plans may train on your chats unless you opt out; Business and Enterprise do not by default.
Private PracticeIn-House
Pricing: Free; Plus £20 a month; Business from £15 per seat a month
Claude
General AIAnthropic's general-purpose assistant for drafting and reading long documents. Consumer plans may train on your chats unless you opt out; Team and Enterprise do not by default.
Private PracticeIn-House
Pricing: Free; Pro US$20 a month (US$17 billed annually), excluding tax
CoCounsel
Legal ResearchThomson Reuters' AI assistant, drawing on Practical Law and Westlaw. Sold in the UK as CoCounsel Legal UK; no published price.
Private PracticeIn-House
Pricing: No published UK price
Harvey
Legal AI PlatformLegal AI platform sold to law firms and in-house teams, used by several UK firms. No published price.
Private PracticeIn-House
Pricing: No published price
Lexis+ with Protégé
Legal ResearchLexisNexis UK's AI research and drafting service over its UK legal content, formerly Lexis+ AI. No published price.
Private PracticeIn-House
Pricing: No published price
Spellbook
Contract ReviewAI contract drafting and review inside Microsoft Word. No published price; data is held in Canada and the US.
Private PracticeIn-House
Pricing: No published price; 7-day free trial
Westlaw UK
Legal ResearchThomson Reuters' UK legal research service, with AI-Assisted Research on Westlaw Edge UK and Deep Research on Westlaw Advantage UK. No published price.
Private PracticeIn-House
Pricing: No published UK price