[zerocrates]

The concept of less than a third of lawyers using legal databases kind of beggars belief. Lexis and West, to say nothing of newer upstarts, were pretty much totally widespread in my view. How much the situation is different in the UK though, I don't have any idea.

[electricmonk]

Is it really surprising? Solos can't always afford what more established firms can. Also, this: https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/27/business/chat-gpt-avianca-mat.... The lawyer asked ChatGPT if the case was real, but did NOT check any legal databases. Also consider, many lawyers are not litigators. They handle the same types of matters all the time, and likely lean heavily on one or a few treatises, in addition to their own experience.

[zerocrates]

Even those guys had Fastcase.

[electricmonk]

I can't find stats one way or another on this point. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯