Advanced natural language processing can efficiently identify summary judgments in UK court decisions, enhancing legal research.
The author employs computational methods to identify summary judgments in a large UK case law dataset, comparing traditional keyword-based approaches with an innovative large language model. The study aims to bridge gaps in legal research and enhance accessibility to legal information.
The author conducted a study to investigate the impact of gender bias in legal case retrieval systems on user perception, finding that it does not significantly affect judges' decisions.