We can concede that the Justice Ministry's priorities do not impose the holding of the roundtable, but underestimating their strategic leverage is a mistake.
Whoever knows how to maneuver and align their proposal with these established priorities gains a significant advantage in the debate.
The Legal Services Board, by proposing this AI roundtable, seeks to appropriate the terrain already marked out by the Ministry, thus gaining legitimacy and political urgency.
Not seeing this arrangement is to leave the opportunity to a rival to seize control and dictate the next move.