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Five questions your firm
should be able to answer
about AI.

New Zealand legal professionals lead the world in AI adoption — and face the highest verification and trust concerns of any market surveyed globally. This free checklist was built for that gap.

35%
of NZ legal professionals use integrated AI tools daily — the highest rate globally
1 in 4
AU/NZ legal professionals report low or no trust in how AI is being deployed in their practice
73%
of AU/NZ professionals spend 1–5 hours daily on admin tasks — AI is already being used to address this

Source: LEAP Profitability in Law: Global Report 2026 — 700 legal professionals surveyed including NZ-specific data.

The gap between AI adoption and accountability is where professional and legal liability lives. These five questions — drawn from NZ employment law, recent case law, and global research — identify where that gap tends to appear first.

01
Do you know which AI tools your people are actually using?
Not which tools you've approved. Which tools they're using.
02
Has any client material been uploaded to a public AI platform?
This question covers confidentiality, suppressed information, and privilege.
03
Does your firm have a written AI use policy?
Not a draft. Not an intention. A document that governs how AI is used in your practice.
04
Who reviews AI output before it goes to a client or court?
AI generates content. Someone still signs it.
05
If AI were used to support a dismissal or disciplinary decision at one of your clients, could you reconstruct what it did?
This is the employment law question most firms haven't asked yet.

The full checklist includes NZ case law references, relevant legal principles, and the LEAP research data behind each question. It takes about five minutes to work through.

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Lex Praxis is an Auckland-based specialist consultancy at the intersection of employment law expertise and AI advisory services. Principal Melt Strydom is a former barrister with more than 20 years of experience across New Zealand and South Africa.

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