{"slug": "bank-holiday-round-up", "title": "Bank Holiday round-up", "summary": "Reuters reports that Mississippi has asked an appeals court to reassign a judge over an 'error-plagued' AI-assisted ruling, highlighting concerns about the use of artificial intelligence in judicial decisions. The request underscores the growing scrutiny of AI tools in the legal system, where accuracy and reliability are critical.", "body_md": "The top legal affairs news stories from the long weekend\n\nWall Street banks push Big Law to cut fees because of AI [[Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/5240a6ac-b2e8-4897-a0a4-cbc7fc283bc9?syn-25a6b1a6=1)] (£)\n\nLawyer who cracked Post Office scandal warns against axing jury trials [[The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/08/30/post-office-scandal-lawyer-warns-against-axing-jury-trials/)] (£)\n\n‘Rank hypocrisy’ of British judge on Hong Kong court [[The Times](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/lord-neuberger-hong-kong-court-jimmy-lai-hypocrisy-68ppdrljl)] (£)\n\nWatchdog probes law firm over work linked to collapsed lender MFS [[Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/71745a1a-fc83-43f5-a29e-18d9a5725b5d?syn-25a6b1a6=1)] (£)\n\nUber driver takes TfL to court over ‘pain‘ caused by licence renewal delay [[The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/31/uber-driver-tfl-court-licence-renewal-delay)]\n\nMississippi asks appeals court to reassign judge over ‘error-plagued’ AI-assisted ruling [[Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/mississippi-asks-appeals-court-reassign-judge-over-error-plagued-ai-assisted-2026-08-31/)]\n\nUS supreme court allows Trump to keep building $400m White House ballroom [[The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/31/supreme-court-white-house-ballroom-trump)]\n\nInside court for Tupac Shakur’s murder trial verdict [[BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cz9zelvp7xqo)]\n\n“£41,350 in costs?! What is this madness.” [[Legal Cheek comments](https://www.legalcheek.com/2026/08/trainee-solicitor-worked-second-job-at-home-office-and-accessed-visa-files/#comment-1267027)]\n\n**Upcoming student events:**\n\nTOMORROW! Meet 60 leading law firms at the Legal Cheek kick-off [[Apply Now](https://www.legalcheek.com/fair/the-legal-cheek-uk-virtual-law-fair-series/)]\n\nTHURSDAY:Talking Tech: A career in technology law – with Clifford Chance (virtual) [[Apply Now](https://www.legalcheek.com/event/talking-tech-a-career-in-technology-law-with-clifford-chance-in-person/)]", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bank-holiday-round-up", "canonical_source": "https://www.legalcheek.com/2026/09/bank-holiday-round-up-20/", "published_at": "2026-09-01 06:54:05+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-01 07:24:48.980921+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-ethics", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Reuters", "Mississippi"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bank-holiday-round-up", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bank-holiday-round-up.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bank-holiday-round-up.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bank-holiday-round-up.jsonld"}}