{"id":11954,"date":"2026-04-21T12:25:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T01:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com.au\/legal\/?p=11954"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:46:37","slug":"what-trusted-ai-really-means-for-legal-teams-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com.au\/legal\/posts\/what-trusted-ai-really-means-for-legal-teams-today","title":{"rendered":"What \u201cTrusted AI\u201d\u00a0really\u00a0means for\u00a0legal\u00a0teams\u00a0today\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Artificial intelligence is already embedded across research tools, document&nbsp;workflows&nbsp;and knowledge platforms. The question legal teams&nbsp;are&nbsp;now&nbsp;facing&nbsp;is not whether to adopt AI, but how to do so&nbsp;in a way that builds confidence, manages&nbsp;risk&nbsp;and genuinely improves&nbsp;the&nbsp;work&nbsp;of legal professionals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com.au\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/Gareth-Cantin-headshot-1.png\" alt=\"Gareth Cantin, Head of Knowledge and Practice Innovation, Gilbert + Tobin\" class=\"wp-image-11957 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com.au\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/Gareth-Cantin-headshot-1.png 500w, https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com.au\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/Gareth-Cantin-headshot-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com.au\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/Gareth-Cantin-headshot-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com.au\/legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/Gareth-Cantin-headshot-1-170x170.png 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>For&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtlaw.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gilbert + Tobin<\/a>, one of Australia\u2019s leading law firms, this&nbsp;new way of&nbsp;getting work done&nbsp;is well established. The firm has been&nbsp;working&nbsp;with generative AI for several years, and according to Gareth Cantin, Head of Knowledge and Practice Innovation, the focus has moved well beyond experimentation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe question is less about adoption in isolation, and more about how we drive meaningful transformation across the firm,\u201d&nbsp;Gareth&nbsp;says. \u201cAdoption alone is not sufficient,&nbsp;value is only&nbsp;realised&nbsp;when it is sustained, intentional and aligned to how lawyers actually work.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This&nbsp;mindset offers a&nbsp;lens for understanding what&nbsp;\u2018trusted AI\u2019&nbsp;looks like in legal research.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Confidence starts with the lawyer, not the tool&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For legal research in particular, trust does not come from\u00a0automation.\u00a0Gareth\u00a0is\u00a0clear:\u00a0AI outputs must\u00a0<em>support<\/em>,\u00a0not\u00a0<em>supplant<\/em>,\u00a0legal judgment.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cConfidence in AI tools starts with&nbsp;recognising&nbsp;that the lawyer&nbsp;remains&nbsp;the critical decision-maker. The output is only part of the process;&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;how that output is interrogated and applied that really matters.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This perspective reflects a broader shift across the profession. Lawyers are increasingly comfortable using AI to accelerate research and analysis, but only when they can see&nbsp;how&nbsp;an answer was constructed and&nbsp;which&nbsp;authorities&nbsp;it relies on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That transparency is non\u2011negotiable&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;as&nbsp;Gareth&nbsp;puts it, reviewing&nbsp;the answer is&nbsp;almost as&nbsp;important as the answer itself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAny legal research tool needs to&nbsp;demonstrate&nbsp;it&nbsp;works while&nbsp;relying on authorities correctly in a transparent way,&nbsp;pinpoint citations and&nbsp;offer&nbsp;the ability to view referenced content simultaneously.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, trust is built when AI behaves less like a black box and more like a junior researcher whose work can be reviewed,&nbsp;tested&nbsp;and&nbsp;validated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why transparency matters in AI-driven research&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After seeing a demonstration of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomsonreuters.com.au\/en-au\/products\/westlaw-advantage-australia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Westlaw Advantage Australia<\/a>, one capability stood out to&nbsp;Gareth&nbsp;as particularly aligned to how lawyers&nbsp;actually work:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomsonreuters.com.au\/en-au\/products\/westlaw-advantage-australia\/features.html#deep-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deep Research<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What resonated was not simply speed, but visibility into the research process itself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeing able to follow the chain of&nbsp;process&nbsp;allows a lawyer to determine it\u2019s on the right track,\u201d he explains. \u201cWhat\u2019s valuable is that the output includes that detail as <a href=\"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com.au\/legal\/posts\/westlaw-advantage-australia-more-than-an-ai-upgrade\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com.au\/legal\/posts\/westlaw-advantage-australia-more-than-an-ai-upgrade\">research steps<\/a>, enabling reviewers to understand how the output is assembled.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This approach mirrors the way legal teams already collaborate: one lawyer conducts research,&nbsp;another&nbsp;reviews it, and both need confidence in the authorities relied upon. Features such as&nbsp;KeyCite&nbsp;signals, AI\u2011generated summaries of underlying resources, and structured research trails help support&nbsp;a&nbsp;common&nbsp;understanding&nbsp;and&nbsp;establish&nbsp;a shared&nbsp;basis of fact.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For legal teams managing risk and accountability, this kind of auditable research path is critical. It allows AI to accelerate work without compromising&nbsp;rigour&nbsp;\u2013 a&nbsp;defining requirement for&nbsp;using&nbsp;trusted AI in law.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accelerating work without replacing judgment\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The most immediate impact of AI\u2011powered research,&nbsp;Gareth&nbsp;suggests, is straightforward:&nbsp;efficiency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt allows an acceleration of legal work which is underpinned by legal research. Lawyers can traverse content faster and in a way which provides structured and auditable research.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But&nbsp;the&nbsp;efficiency&nbsp;gain does not come at the expense of&nbsp;expertise. At Gilbert + Tobin, AI&nbsp;is&nbsp;considered to be&nbsp;amplifying the firm\u2019s capabilities rather than eroding them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe role of the lawyer remains central,\u00a0interrogating outputs, applying judgment and ensuring the advice is sound.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This distinction matters, particularly as firms weigh the risks of over\u2011reliance on generative AI. Trusted platforms must be grounded in authoritative content\u00a0and designed to keep human judgment firmly in control.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Responsible adoption: guardrails,&nbsp;integration&nbsp;and visibility&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead,&nbsp;Gareth&nbsp;sees responsible AI adoption as a balance of opportunity and discipline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law firms are fundamentally&nbsp;knowledge&nbsp;businesses, and that creates both potential and risk. Confidentiality, data&nbsp;security&nbsp;and accuracy all demand careful governance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAI presents significant opportunity, but also real risk. Governance,&nbsp;guardrails&nbsp;and clear policies are foundational.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Equally important is&nbsp;recognising&nbsp;that generative AI is just one part of&nbsp;the&nbsp;broader technology ecosystem. The goal is not to use AI everywhere, but to use the&nbsp;right tools for the right tasks at the right time&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;integrating AI research, workflow&nbsp;platforms&nbsp;and human&nbsp;expertise&nbsp;seamlessly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSuccessful adoption,\u201d&nbsp;Gareth&nbsp;notes,&nbsp;\u201cwill depend on deeper integration between external systems like legal research platforms and firms\u2019 internal resources&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;delivering trusted content directly into the environments where lawyers already work.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, firms need visibility.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re focused on building deeper visibility of how these tools are being used, so we can refine both the content and the services we deliver.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trusted AI is practical, not&nbsp;hype&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The conversation around AI in law is often dominated by bold claims and sweeping predictions. What&nbsp;emerges&nbsp;from Gilbert + Tobin\u2019s experience is something more grounded,&nbsp;and&nbsp;more useful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trusted AI today is transparent,\u00a0auditable\u00a0and grounded in authoritative content. It accelerates research without bypassing judgment. And it earns confidence not through novelty, but through reliability.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As platforms like&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomsonreuters.com.au\/en-au\/products\/westlaw-advantage-australia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Westlaw Advantage Australia<\/a>&nbsp;continue to evolve,&nbsp;combining&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomsonreuters.com.au\/en-au\/products\/westlaw-advantage-australia\/features.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deep Research capabilities<\/a>&nbsp;with the <a href=\"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com.au\/legal\/posts\/trusted-content-trusted-ai-powered-deep-research\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com.au\/legal\/posts\/trusted-content-trusted-ai-powered-deep-research\">trusted foundation of Westlaw&nbsp;content<\/a>,&nbsp;the opportunity for legal teams is clear: smarter research, stronger confidence, and AI that works the way lawyers already do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial intelligence is now embedded in legal research, but trust doesn\u2019t come from automation alone. 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