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Smart legal opinions, digitalisation, AI and security interests

23 May 2026 / Author(s): Philip Wood CBE, KC (Hon)
Issue: June 2026 / Categories: Spotlight

The question is whether advances in digitalisation and AI enable security interests to be streamlined and for costs to be reduced, in particular as regards smart legal opinions to lenders and regulators that all is well.

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