A major chore of obtaining planning permission for a new development is dealing with neighbouring properties’ “right to light”. This involves obtaining and examining the title deeds of all properties likely to be affected and drafting standard notification letters. A city-centre development might require the examination of hundreds of title deeds. Traditional law firms give this routine and repetitive work to trainees or paralegals. However, it is exactly the sort of work that lends itself to artificial intelligence or AI-based automation.

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