The idea that the Ministry of Justice's priorities "contribute to the possibility" of a roundtable lacks ambition; where is the full expression of the institutional lever? When the government identifies crucial research areas like unregulated legal services and access to justice, it should be a direct catalyst for action, not just a contextual basis.
Such thematic convergence between the Ministry of Justice and the proposal of the Legal Services Board for a roundtable on AI should lead to a strategic obligation.
If the ministry highlights gaps in consumer protection in the AI domain, for example, convening this roundtable then becomes not an option but an imperative necessity.
We must push toward the inevitable optimal, not just the "possible".