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LAW & TECHNOLOGY

How long will it take for computers to reason like lawyers?

Sophisticated language models like GPT-3 could theoretically pull together a mass of online data and submissions and construct a legal argument, although AI has no ability to reflect on, or understand, what it has produced

Diana Clement

AI can already digest huge volumes of text and data and, according to Matt Bartlett, a researcher at the University of Auckland’s Law School, sophisticated Is your job on the block, thanks to computing? A language models like GPT-3 could theoretically pull report from the UK Law Society predicts a ‘savage reduction’ in legal jobs by 2030 as artificial intelligence together a mass of online data and submissions and (AI) takes over. Could your co-worker at the next desk construct a legal argument, although AI has no ability be a computer? In some jurisdictions, AI is threatening to reflect on, or understand, what it has produced and could not explain the even the work of judges as algorithms are used A lot about being a lawyer, implications to clients.

As the UK Law Society to assist with sentencing even a commercial lawyer, sees it, the timeframes to decisions. adapt are short. Those that For decades, people is about understanding fail to, however, may lose who ‘think’ for a living have the human element competitive advantage. considered themselves of transactions and Why pay $300-plus an immune from redundancythe knowledge of the hour for discovery when by-computer. But according other firms are using to Lloyd Gallagher, ADLS commercial background machines to do the work?

Law and Technology Surprisingly, few committee convenor, interviewees believe the within 10 years it’s likely profession will shrink, let computers will be capable alone be decimated by, AI. Rather, they think it will be of real reasoning power.

The legal profession is at a pivotal point, concluded enlarged and augmented.

Or, as Antonia Modkova, lawyer, computer scientist Dr Kion Ahadi, director of futures and insight at the UK and director of intellectual property and innovation Law Society, in the report Future Worlds Facing the at Soul Machines, puts it, if AI were capable of flexible Legal Profession 2020-2030. human reasoning, it could expand legal services to The report had stark predictions: in one of two those who were previously locked out due to cost. possible scenarios, it projects that the legal profession “I think [shrinkage] might not necessarily be the could experience a savage reduction in fulltime case if the new technology can lower the price of employees (almost 50%) between 2030 and 2050.

legal services to make them more accessible to new markets such as small companies and lower-income individuals, who would have previously gone without legal advice. What’s the point of all this automation if it’s not to free up humans to do more of what we love?” she says.

Bartlett concurs. It’s easy to forget how extensively AI is already used in law firms and legal practice generally, he says. Covid-19 has been the ‘grand accelerant’ of existing trends in the law, such as online dispute resolution, e-filing and remote working. And it has acted as a catalyst for the development of new platforms, not only by law firms but also by outside players who can see the potential for disrupting the legal sector.

But lawyers should always remember they’re in the driving seat, he says. “Technology is not going to arrive like a tidal wave and remove everybody’s jobs and completely re-shape the legal sector. There will not be mass redundancies. Some parts of legal services delivery will be affected by new technologies but lawyers will be the ones implementing these changes and deciding what happens,” he said at an ADLS webinar last week.

“AI can be scary – blockchain too – and the sane, natural impulse can be to back away at that kind of technology,” he says. But lawyers should be asking

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how they might harness these tools when they arrive and negotiation, execution and filing of your NDAs’. considering what they might mean for access to justice.

■ LegalZoom, which ‘provides the legal solutions you As to how quickly new technologies might be adopted, need to start a business, run a business, file a trademark Bartlett says social and cultural norms can be as important as application’ and more. the technology itself. For example, e-filing has been offered in ■ DoNotPay, which made headlines for enabling hundreds the Federal Court of Australia since 2007. But a recent survey of thousands of consumers to dispute parking tickets. revealed that only 27% of respondents preferred e-filing to filing in person and 85% were critical about the court’s e-filing Arran Hunt, partner at Stace Hammond, says we might system. Conversely, in the UK there have blockchain contracts in the has been considerably more buy-in future and AI assisting judges in Not only do we provide from the legal profession. drafting decisions. AI can process legal advice, but we also “So, having the technology and thousands more cases than a provide commercial digital infrastructure in place is human lawyer would remember, important but there can be other and it can highlight obscure cases perspective problems and there are significant a human might miss, he says. differences between jurisdictions,” Hunt had a view into the future Bartlett says. “Norms matter, as with a demonstration of Generative does what lawyers think about Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3) technology… The legal sector in New Zealand has a lot of technology interpreting the Consumer Guarantees Act. The agency in how it approaches some of those tech issues.” software explained the Act in language that a six-year-old child could understand, then did it again with different words ‘Good’ AI and examples. “It showed that it did actually understand the text we were putting into it.”

Andrew Dentice, partner at Hudson Gavin Martin and board Some courts in the US are experimenting with algorithms member at FinTech NZ, says tasks such as due diligence and to assist judges with sentencing but other jurisdictions, discovery that were performed by armies of junior lawyers ‘slowly losing the will to live’ are now automatable and will free such as Australia, have flatly rejected this, saying they prefer to prioritise judicial discretion over formulaic sentencing them up for more valuable work.

Lower-skilled work in the law often involves decision trees, standards. the UK report noted: the ‘if I do this, will I be in breach of that?’

Low-hanging fruit type of questions. Most of the work at the high-end of the legal profession does not have these yes/no answers.

The low-hanging fruit will be the first to be swallowed or True AI may be 10 years away, yet AI-like legal products sped up by AI and other technologies, Dentice says. With are already streamlining work. A product capable of contracts, for example, computers could do an initial review performing legal tasks better than humans, says Modkova, is and deliver a first cut. Dentice has reviewed Della, Summize Juristat, which can predict how patent examiners will respond and Onit, which recently bought McCarthyFinch, publisher of to arguments, and provide actionable advice. “This goes authorDOCS. beyond what any human lawyer can do today.”

Modkova cites conveyancing as another area ripe for AI. “Conveyancing is really a step-by-step processes and checklists,” she says. “AI could get the title document, review it She says other technology in use today includes: and summarise the findings, identifying any concerns.”

■ LexMachina, which uses legal analytics to predict trends Gallagher highlights AustLII’s DataLex tools that can be and outcomes in intellectual property litigation. used to develop legal reasoning applications. The New South ■ Blue J, which is 90% accurate in predicting case Wales government used the tools to create an AI-based app outcomes, and four times faster than traditional research on Gaming Regulation that the public could access. It has also at finding cases. been used on the Australian Hairdressers Act and could be ■ Ravel Law, which uses legal analytics of judicial opinions used here in New Zealand for the Electricity Act. The public, if to predict how a specific judge may rule in a case. It it worked, would not need to seek legal advice if the app could advises on specific precedents and language that may answer questions. appeal to a given judge.

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Augment or replace?

Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life, Adam Greenfield, was quoted in the report saying it is dangerous for people Most interviewees believe technology does not need to be who are currently very well compensated to think that their a foe, as the UK report suggest. Instead, tech will create new jobs are safe. commercial opportunities.

“I have a more positive view that the stuff AI can do is more about augmenting our role and improving our ability to Legal education provide services,” says Dentice.

The report noted that new skillsets and mindsets With the repetitive work done by computers, the lawyer is are needed to keep up with changing technology. in a better position to add that creativity. “A lot about being Over and above traditional legal training, STEAM a lawyer, even a commercial lawyer, is about understanding (science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics) the human element of transactions and the knowledge of skills will become increasingly important in the profession. the commercial background. For us, for example, we are So too will lifelong learning. Information technology and specialists focusing on technology, AI literacy will likely become media and IP. Because of that necessary to provide sound I think shrinkage might we have a unique position in the not necessarily be the case commercial advice. market. Not only do we provide Law schools are running to if the new technology can legal advice, but we also provide catch up, one professor told lower the price of legal commercial perspective.”

LawNews. But they are not asleep Hunt agrees, saying he sees the on their feet in preparing students services to make them law as being a mixture of science for the new world. more accessible to new and art.

Auckland Law School, for markets such as small The idea that machines will example, offers a course on replace lawyers doesn’t always take companies and lowerTechnology Law and Policy, into perspective clients’ wishes, engages with legal tech income individuals, who says Dentice. Some clients want to practitioners, and participates in would have previously know a human lawyer has reviewed the TeLENZ project (Technology in gone without legal advice the documents and provided the Legal Education New Zealand). advice. On the other hand, says “Our thinking has been Modkova, younger clients might informed by a research project trust machines more. conducted by Matt Bartlett under the auspices of the Centre for ICT Law, with funding from InternetNZ,” Judging the judges says Professor Pene Mathew, the law school’s dean. “There Some lawyers may be nervous about machines taking are other initiatives in the pipeline as well.” their jobs. Judges, might, however, have more reason. Can At Otago Law School, about 50% of students do a machines make judgments? Some say yes, AI will be helpful 400-level Law and Emerging Technologies paper, says for judges.

Professor Colin Gavaghan. This knowledge may be integrated The other issue for judges is already upon us. That’s the ability to use AI to analyse judges’ decisions, meaning counsel across law degrees in future. Students doing law and computer science, statistics, or other relevant papers and can forum-shop. Dentice cites an example where France double degrees will find themselves in greater demand, banned a judicial analytics program back in 2019.

Gavaghan says.

Once our systems can analyse judgments, they will be Those finding their way into the new jobs could have a able to identify unconscious bias, Hunt says. “When this does more fulfilling career. No one employs a new lawyer just to do come through, it’s going to cause a lot of ruckus… We already document review, unless it’s on a fixed-term contract basis for know the court is overwhelmingly biased against Māori. This a particular project, says Dentice. will prove it, probably within 10 years.”

“Graduates don’t want to spend the first three years of their career doing due diligence. I think we would lose people Is your job at risk? anyway because I think the new generation of Gen Z Lawyers need to be aware the face of law is changing, and adapt accordingly, says Gallagher. It’s not just jobs on the line. are looking to make an impact in their career a lot more quickly than previous generations. AI will [give them] more The UK report noted that much legal work involves opportunity to actually cut their teeth on the creative side.” ■ advanced pattern recognition and the deployment of templates, which machines can easily do. Author of Radical Click here for Tech future On Demand ■

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Is Samoa about to get its first female prime minister?

After weeks of constitutional crisis and legal wrangling, the Supreme Court has ordered parliament to reconvene by 5 July

Patricia A O’Brien Samoa’s constitutional crisis has entered yet another phase, just over a month after the nation’s first woman prime minister-elect, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, was locked out of parliament and sworn into office in a tent.

Samoa’s Supreme Court has found the May 24 swearing-in was unconstitutional – on the face of it a win for caretaker prime minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi.

However, the court also ordered that parliament convene within seven days from June 28. This is a win for Fiame’s Fa’atuatua I Le Atua Samoa Ua Tasi (FAST) Party, which has been pushing for this outcome for some time.

The much anticipated decision came with a clear warning for Tuilaepa and those who have acted on his behalf to disrupt democracy’s course. If they act to prevent parliament convening by July 5, the oaths of office taken on May 24 will be reinstated “so that the business of the nation can proceed”.

This is just the latest of many rounds in the legal fight that erupted after Samoa’s April 9 general election. Fiame secured a one-seat majority with the help of independent candidate, Tuala Tevaga Iosefo Ponifasio, who will formally join the FAST Party once parliament is convened. He was named Fiame’s deputy on May 24. But when Tuilaepa (Samoa’s political leader since 1998) refused to concede, the Pacific’s oldest democracy was plunged into dangerous waters.

Power games In the following weeks, an erratic Tuilaepa, with the critical assistance of key officials, pushed Samoa to the brink of autocracy. In stark contrast, an unflappable Fiame has repeatedly asked Samoa’s people for patience as the courts worked through the 06

deluge of cases caused by the election stalemate.

The Supreme Court’s caseload since April 9 has included 28 petitions disputing electoral results.

These are gradually being heard, and on June 18 the court awarded an additional seat to Fiame’s FAST Party (the HRPP candidate’s election was voided when he was found guilty of breaching election rules).

A great deal of the court’s time, however, has been spent working through the repercussions of an extraordinary chain of events that began on April 20.

In order to cancel FAST’s one-seat majority, Head of State Afioga Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi and Samoa’s Electoral Commission announced on social media that a 52nd parliamentary seat had been created. The move was justified on the grounds that a constitutionally mandated 10% minimum of parliamentary seats reserved for women had not been met.

Five women had won seats, and heading into the election it had been agreed the 10% threshold equated to five seats. Now the Electoral Commissioner was saying six women should have seats, and a candidate from Tuilaepa’s Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) was appointed.

Gender politics It is one of many ironies in this political saga that Tuilaepa was using the gender quota to prevent Samoa’s first female prime minister from assuming office. With this move, the election results were again deadlocked.

The manoeuvre was one of the tactics designed to run down the clock on the constitutionally designated 45 days for a new government to be sworn in. If the May 24 deadline was broken it would trigger another election.

Then, as the courts considered the merits of

the sixth seat for women, the head of state revoked the April 9 election results on the basis of the tied parliament and called for a fresh election to be held on May 21.

But a week before the May 24 deadline, the Supreme Court found the head of state did not have the powers to void the April 9 election results and the appointment of the HRPP member to the 52nd seat was illegal.

Those decisions gave Fiame back her one seat majority and plans were on track for parliament to be sworn in by Monday May 24. The court did subsequently decide that a sixth seat for women was required, but that parliament must sit before the seat is filled by election.

Stronger democracy In another twist, on the evening of Saturday May 22 the head of state suspended parliament until further notice and left Apia for his home village some distance away.

Although the Supreme Court ordered on May 23 that parliament sit the next day, the parliament building was locked by order of Tuilaepa. The FAST Party resorted to the unofficial swearing in ceremony in a tent erected on the parliament lawns, presided over by FAST lawyers in what they argued was the “principle of necessity”.

As it stands now, FAST holds a two-seat majority in Samoa’s Legislative Assembly, which will increase by one when Tuala formalises his move.

If the Supreme Court’s latest ruling is complied with, all 51 members will be sworn into office and Fiame will be Samoa’s next prime minister within seven days.

The question is, will Tuilaepa abandon the power play that has tested Samoa’s democracy like never before in its 59 years since independence in 1962? ■

■ Patricia A O’Brien is a visiting fellow at Australian National University and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. The above is reprinted with permission from The Conversation

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TAX LAW

New tax loss carry-forward rules: the business continuity test Parties seeking to sell or issue shares should be emboldened by the fact that doing so will now be far less likely to result in the forfeiture of prior year tax losses

Graham Murray, Mathew McKay & Hayden Roberts A new ‘business continuity test’ allowing a company to carry forward tax losses through a change of ownership has been introduced.

The test allows a company to carry forward tax losses through a change of ownership provided that no ‘major change’ in the company’s business activities occurs for a defined period after the ownership change. The changes may have been targeted at start-up and developing companies to remove one impediment to capital raising, but the new rules have much wider ramifications.

The now-enacted rules were announced as part of the government’s Covid-19 relief measures in 2020, and operate to relax the tax loss continuity rules which previously prevented a company from carrying forward prior year tax losses where a greater than 51% change in ownership had occurred.

The IRD has commented on the intended scope in the commentary to the Supplementary Order Paper containing the draft legislation and in a draft Interpretation Statement. This update describes the new test, and provides comment on its intended scope by reference to the IRD’s published views.

The test The business continuity test applies to a company that is subject to a shareholder continuity breach (ie, a greater than 51% change in ownership) from the 2020/21 income year onwards. It enables such a company to carry forward tax losses generated from the 2013/14 income year onwards, provided that certain requirements are satisfied.

The key requirements are that there must be no major change in the business activities of the

company for the business continuity period, except for a ‘permitted major change’. With reference to each of those key concepts: ■ In assessing whether there has been a major change, one factor that must be taken into account is the extent to which the assets used in deriving the company’s income have remained the same or similar. The IRD’s commentary indicates that various other factors will also be relevant depending on the particular circumstances of the company, such as whether there is a change in business processes or the use of suppliers, in the scale of business activities or the markets supplied to, or in the type of products or services supplied.

■ The phrase ‘business activities’ was purposefully selected to ensure the test did not operate too narrowly and that the broader nature of the taxpayer’s operations is considered when determining whether there is a major change, rather than assessing the business at a more granular level.

■ For most taxpayers, the business continuity period during which the test must be applied will commence from the continuity breach, and will end on the earlier of (i) the end of the income year in which the carried-forward losses are used or (ii) the end of the income year, including the fifth anniversary of the continuity breach. There is an exclusion for companies with significant bad debt deductions (eg, failed finance companies), which are unable to benefit from the second of the above timeframes (ie, the fifth anniversary will not end the business continuity period).

■ The permitted major change rule is a concessionary feature, permitting the carry forward of losses even in cases where there has

been a major change in business activities. In general terms, the permitted major changes are intended to cover organic changes in business activities which could have occurred irrespective of whether a change in ownership had occurred.

The IRD has been clear that the business continuity test is not intended to encourage loss trading activities. This objective is achieved through an express purpose provision for the subpart, through a variety of limitations within the rule, and through specific anti-avoidance rules.

Business acquisitions & capital raisi ngs The new business continuity test and its broad intended operation can be of assistance only for taxpayers seeking to sell/acquire businesses or to raise capital through significant share issues. The shift towards the international norm of permitting tax loss carry-forward in such cases is a sensible policy change, and the broad scope of the rules as evidenced through the IRD commentary is encouraging.

Parties seeking to sell or issue shares should be emboldened by the fact that doing so will now be far less likely to result in the forfeiture of prior year tax losses. Vendors may also now be able to extract value for existing tax losses as an asset in a share sale process, provided the purchaser intends to operate the company in a consistent manner. Parties who anticipate that losses will survive a share sale will need to consider what value (if any) is placed on those losses, and what protections are appropriate to build into sale arrangements addressing their availability after the sale.

While encouraging statements have been released by the IRD to date, the real test of the operation of the rule will become evident through IRD practice as it develops in the coming years. The shareholder continuity test operates in a binary and wellunderstood fashion. However, the new rule will involve an intensely fact-dependent analysis and will require advisor judgment. ■

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Titirangi • Software Quality Assurance Tester • Aged 57 / Died 14’06’21 KOI Oakore • Late of 4 Wickman Way, Mangere East, Auckland • Aged 64 / Died 26’05’21 LANGMAN Valerie Alice Jane (aka Jayne Valerie Alice LANGMAN) • Late of 14 Lawrence Place, Otara, Auckland • Line Electrical Technician • Aged 58 / Died 17’04’21 NEE NEE Winstone Billy • Late of 19 Alexander Street, Kingsland, Auckland • Probation Officer • Aged 62 / Died 02’05’21

RANGIHUNA Wharepa (aka Wharepapa) • Late of 6 Glen Ford Lane, Te Atatu Peninsula, Auckland • Widower • Retired • Aged 86 / Died 18’11’20 SOON Joseph Thomas • Late of 33 Hinau Street, Maeroa, Hamilton • Aged 87 / Died 26’05’21 SOON Michael William Patrick • Late of 26A Claude Avenue, Papatoetoe, Auckland • Aged 53 / Died between 19’05’21 and 20’05’21 WILLIAMS Geoffrey Anthony • Late of 33 Winsford Street, Manurewa, Auckland • Widow • Sickness Beneficiary • Aged 62 / Died 06’06’21

• Late of 43 Boylan Road,

Law Firm Ownership Opportunity An affordable opportunity for an entrepreneurial lawyer to purchase their own practice. Ideally suited to a young lawyer after a different pace and flexibility, ready to step out on their own, but with an existing client base and law firm structure, without the hassle of starting from scratch.

The current sole practitioner of this virtual/home [Auckland] based law firm wishes to exit for family reasons. They make a good return from minimal hours work. Continue as is for great work/life balance or use it as a base to grow from. The current director could stay connected to the firm as required.

Areas of practice include property, commercial and general practice.

Please email expressions of interest to: lawfirmadvertiser@gmail.com

ĀKARANA CHAMBERS | HIGH STREET An additional member is sought to join several experienced barristers and junior barristers in our refurbished, light-filled, contemporary, collegial High Street chambers. On offer is a medium-size office at a highly competitive rate that would suit a range of barristers including a junior barrister.

The modern office amenities include a large meeting room with harbour views, kitchenette, adjacent car-parking building and availability for secretarial and junior barrister support.

Terms negotiable include monthly tenancy.

Please contact: Alex McDonald | alex@amcdonald.co.nz Stuart Ryan | stuart@stuartryan.co.nz www.akaranachambers.co.nz

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General Manager (Lawyer) – Auckland Community Law Centre

Auckland Community Law Centre (ACLC), is looking for an experienced lawyer with management experience for the role of General Manager to lead the organisation through its exciting next phase.

The role requires a mix of management, practice management and technical legal practice experience together with a passion for promoting and delivering access to justice. You will have strong legal skills, including established Court and Tribunal experience, and be qualified to practice on your own account (or eligible to complete the qualification).

Are you looking for a role that is all about people?

Do you have 4 + years’ PQE experience?

At The Law Connection, we pride ourselves on best practice legal advice whilst always keeping people at the centre of what we do.

The General Manager of ACLC leads a team of 10 staff to deliver high quality legal services to the Tamaki Makaurau Auckland community. You will be supported by a capable senior team, and report to an experienced and skilled Board of lawyers and community reps. You will have opportunities to engage with senior members of the profession on the future of access to justice as well as the judiciary, regulators, professional associations and policy makers.

Are you currently working at a senior level but have ambitions to reach new heights?

We are looking for the right person to progress their career and come on a journey with us, with the end goal of becoming a future partner.

If this excites you then you may well be the ONE! Along with simply being a great human being, we are looking for somebody with a wide range of experience that can work across all areas of The Law Connection teams practice.

This is a rare and special opportunity: the role is varied and dynamic; the organisational culture is warm, supportive, hardworking yet family friendly. This is your opportunity to work in a role where you can really make a difference not only with the organisation but the Auckland community ACLC serves.

With a stunning Raumati Beach location, a lunchtime stroll beside the ocean will become part of your everyday!

We are a friendly bunch and support our team to achieve their goals and live their best lives.

To apply for this role receive a job description please email a short cover letter and CV to: Amelia Campbell at: recruitment@aclc.org.nz Applications close 2 July 2021.

Walk in to a great long-term client base ready for you to get started and make a real difference in our clients’ lives – what are you waiting for?

Applications by email to: paula@lawconnect.co.nz

Class and Funded Litigation: Knowing your Professional Obligations Tuesday 24 August | 4.00pm - 6.15pm This seminar is intended to help lawyers navigate this difficult and potentially perilous field, identifying and avoiding professional issues before they become a problem.

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Bookstore A convenient, one-stop-shop for all your legal resources ADLS members, including student members, receive a 10% discount

Visit the online bookstore:

adls.org.nz/bookstore Phone:

09 303 5270 Email:

thestore@adls.org.nz

The ADLS Bookstore couriers nationwide.

Or, browse in person at: The ADLS Bookstore Ground Floor Chancery Chambers 2 Chancery Street Auckland CBD

Taking the Opportunity: Supporting your Team through Challenge Thursday 26 August | 12.00pm - 1.30pm In this webinar, the presenters will share recent research and findings on the causes of employee burnout (including remote working burnout experienced as a result of COVID-19) and ways legal leaders can mitigate this risk.

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