Thursday, 13 November 2025
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legal risks and potential of AI use in administrative and public decision-making
- Analyse how transparency, procedural fairness and legal compliance intersect with AI-assisted decisions
Description
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In Focus: AI and Public Decision-Makers – Risks and Opportunities
Decision-makers across government are already making use of AI – and are being encouraged to do so to a greater extent. This creates opportunities in terms of efficiency and consistency in decision-making, but it also raises serious legal challenges – both for the decision-makers themselves, and for those who are on the receiving end of those decisions.
- Examine the opportunities and the risks
- Explore how the courts may respond to the challenges around transparency, procedural fairness, and the lawfulness of AI-assisted decisions
Presented by Nick Chapman, Partner, Simpson Grierson
Presenters
Nick Chapman, Partner, Simpson GriersonNick is a senior litigation and dispute resolution lawyer with a broad range of experience in dealing with complex, high-stakes disputes across different sectors. He has a particular focus on commercial disputes that involve public issues - whether that is commercial entities that are interacting with public decision-makers or public entities that are involved in a commercial dispute. Nick has acted for various organisations across a broad range of disputes and industries, including commercial contracts, energy and the Emissions Trading Scheme, property and leasing issues, judicial reviews, infrastructure, insurance disputes, insolvency, class actions, banking and financial services, telecommunications and technology, and construction disputes. He has appeared before the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He also has considerable experience in arbitration, and in alternative dispute resolution forums such as mediation. Nick is known for his ability to simplify complex issues, and for his ability to provide clear advice. His clients say: “Nick is a consummate professional who goes above and beyond to service client’s needs. Importantly he is responsive and above all, on your ‘team’. I can’t speak highly enough of Nick and the team that support him.” Prior to joining Simpson Grierson, Nick worked for Herbert Smith Freehills and Allen & Overy in London. Nick is also an Adjunct Lecturer and Teaching Fellow at Victoria University’s Faculty of Law. He currently teaches the University’s compulsory course on the core skills of legal research, legal writing, legal analysis, and advocacy.
