Plain English guides
What the rule actually says
New rules on AI, cyber security and patient safety have arrived quickly, and most of what is written about them is either a sales page or forty pages of legal text. These guides are the short, sourced version: what the rule says, when it applies, what is in force and what is not. Each one links to the free course that teaches it in full.
AI at work, by profession
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The SRA's warning notice on AI
What the Solicitors Regulation Authority published on 17 August 2026, who it applies to, and what it expects before an authority goes into a document or a client's information goes into a tool.
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The UK ban on fake reviews
What the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 bans, what a business that shows reviews is expected to do, and where AI written and AI summarised reviews fall.
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AI in advertising: the UK rules
The Advertising Standards Authority has no special rules for AI. That is the point: the existing ones apply however the ad was made.
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The FCA, AI and the Consumer Duty
The Financial Conduct Authority has said it does not plan extra regulations for AI. This is what the existing rules ask when a tool touches a customer.
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AI in recruitment and UK law
What changed on 5 February 2026, what the Information Commissioner's Office found when it looked at employers, and why removing sex and ethnicity from the data does not remove discrimination.
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AI in coursework: the JCQ rules
When a student's use of AI is malpractice, what they must acknowledge, why a detection score is not proof, and what a teacher does when they suspect misuse.
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AI in schools: the DfE guidance
The Department for Education is positive about staff using generative AI, and specific about pupils' data, pupils' own work and safeguarding.
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The EU AI Act and AI literacy
What the Act asks on AI literacy, which dates moved in July 2026, and when a UK organisation is within its reach.
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The RICS standard on AI
Mandatory for every RICS member and regulated firm since 9 March 2026. What it asks for, in the order a firm meets it.
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AI agents and consumer law
The Competition and Markets Authority's guidance of 9 March 2026, for any business that lets an AI agent answer, refund, recommend or market.
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AI in charity fundraising
Published on 8 December 2025. No new rules: the Code of Fundraising Practice, applied to tools that write appeals, pick donors and answer the public.
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The Government AI Playbook
Ten principles for the public sector, and a published record of the tools that affect people.
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Cyber security law
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NIS2 for UK businesses
NIS2 is European Union law, not UK law. It still lands on UK desks, most often in a customer's contract.
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The UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill
The UK's own update to its network and information systems rules. In October 2026 it is still a Bill, and this page says so throughout.
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Health and care
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Martha's Rule
What the rule requires, when every acute trust must have it in place, and how it sits beside NEWS2.
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The Mental Health Act 2025
The largest reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 in decades. It does not all arrive at once, and until a provision is commenced the 1983 Act continues to apply.
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CQC and AI in care
The Care Quality Commission published its first statement on AI on 21 May 2026. There is no separate AI rulebook, and that is the point.
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The GPhC's position on AI
Published in April 2026. What the pharmacy regulator expects of professionals, of owners, and at inspection.
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