What it means for a UK law firm
An audit trail lets a law firm show supervision rather than assert it. If a regulator, court or client asks how a piece of AI-assisted work was checked, the audit trail records who reviewed it and when.
An audit trail also supports a firm's wider record-keeping. Paragraph 2.2 of the SRA Code of Conduct for Firms requires firms to keep and maintain records to demonstrate compliance with their obligations under the SRA's regulatory arrangements.
Example
Illustrative scenario
A client asks how an AI-assisted report was checked. The supervising solicitor produces the record showing which sections were reviewed, by whom and when, and who approved the final version.
How Chancery handles it
Chancery keeps an audit trail of reviews, exports and denied access attempts, and each review mark on a workflow output records who made it and when; see Security and Chancery Verify.