Garfield AI Featured on ITV Tonight After First AI-Supported Trial Win

London, 25 September 2026 – Garfield AI, the world's first AI law firm authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), has been featured on ITV's Tonight. The programme, on how people and small businesses are using artificial intelligence, told the story of the first court trial won with the support of a regulated AI lawyer.

AI and the law, on prime-time television

Tonight looked at AI across everyday life, from a florist writing her first newsletter to the pressure AI-generated complaints are putting on GPs, schools and employment tribunals. It then turned to the other side of the story: that AI can be helpful and cost-effective in winning redress for legitimate claims.

That is where Garfield came in. The programme described Garfield as an AI law firm, authorised and regulated in England and Wales, that provides an AI lawyer to help individuals and businesses recover debts of up to £10,000.

A client's story

The segment followed Tamires, a recruitment consultant in the hospitality industry. When one of her clients failed to pay the money it owed her, she turned to Garfield to pursue the debt.

Once you log into the account, it does kind of ask you questions, just very plain, very easy. I felt that I was talking to someone. The prompts were human.

Tamires Camal Taquidir, speaking to ITV Tonight

Garfield prepared the pre-action correspondence, issued the claim and supported her through the defence and counterclaim, witness statements and trial bundles. A barrister was instructed for the hearing itself, and in May 2026 Wandsworth County Court found in her favour, awarding £7,000 and dismissing the counterclaim.

As Tonight put it, all through that process the guide supporting and advising her was not a person. It was a machine. Tamires told the programme it did not feel like one.

I often say I did not win. We both won.

Tamires Camal Taquidir, speaking to ITV Tonight

Regulated, and supervised by a solicitor

The programme closed the segment with the Law Society of England and Wales warning against the use of unregulated AI-assisted legal services. Garfield's model is built on the opposite principle.

We are a regulated product. That means that we have to comply with all of the regulator's rules and also our duties that we owe to the court. Our current supervision structure is that I check the documents that Garfield generates before they go out the door.

Philip Young, CEO and Co-founder, Garfield AI, speaking to ITV Tonight

This is the same distinction national media has drawn before, from the Daily Express to the Daily Mirror: general-purpose chatbots carry no professional accountability, while Garfield operates under the same rules as any law firm, with a qualified solicitor checking each document before it is sent.

Building on the trial win

The trial win was covered at the time by the Financial Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian and City AM. Tonight follows Garfield's appearance on Channel 4 Dispatches, where it went head-to-head with a trainee solicitor.

The coverage reflects a wider shift. AI is no longer only a story about risk; used within a regulated structure, it is making it economic for freelancers and small businesses to take a claim to court rather than write the debt off.

Watch the programme

The Garfield segment starts at 13:21 and is available to watch on ITVX and YouTube.

About Garfield AI Garfield AI is the world's first AI-driven law firm authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. It helps individuals and businesses recover unpaid debts of up to £10,000 through the small claims process in England and Wales, from the letter before action to judgment. Founded by senior City litigation lawyer Philip Young and physicist Daniel Long, Garfield shows how AI can expand access to justice responsibly. Learn more about the founders or visit garfield.law.