Written by:
Grant Yuill
Head of Marketing & Customer Engagement
LawY by Denovo: Scotland’s First AI Legal Assistant Built for Scots Law – Verified, Trusted, and Made for Scottish Lawyers
On Thursday 9th October 2025, Denovo officially released LawY, the first AI legal assistant designed specifically for Scottish lawyers and Scots Law.
LawY acts as your firm’s trusted AI legal assistant, instantly answering legal questions with AI-generated responses that can be vetted and verified by qualified Scottish solicitors. This unique combination of cutting-edge artificial intelligence and human legal expertise sets a new benchmark for AI in Scottish law firms – delivering answers you can trust.
What Is LawY?
LawY from Denovo is Scotland’s first AI legal assistant created exclusively for the legal profession. It empowers solicitors and legal support teams to obtain instant, jurisdiction-specific legal insights that are fully trained in Scots Law.
Every response is transparent, source-linked, and verifiable. Users can even submit AI-generated answers to experienced Scottish lawyers for professional verification, ensuring the highest possible standard of accuracy and reliability.
LawY blends the speed and efficiency of AI with the professional assurance of human oversight. This unique tool within our all-in-one practice management software platform is offering a trustworthy, time-saving, and cost-effective solution for Scottish legal practitioners.
LawY vs ChatGPT: Why LawY Is the AI Assistant Scottish Lawyers Can Trust
Since its release in 2022, ChatGPT has become a global phenomenon – a powerful, general-purpose AI chatbot used across industries. However, legal professionals in Scotland require something much more specialised, compliant, and reliable.
Here’s how LawY outperforms ChatGPT for Scottish law firms:
1. Trained Specifically in Scots Law
Unlike ChatGPT, which provides broad, international answers, LawY is trained exclusively on Scots Law. Every response is jurisdictionally accurate, making it safe, relevant, and usable in real-world legal practice.
2. Transparent, Linked Sources
Each answer generated by LawY includes directly linked resources, allowing you to verify every claim and explore the supporting legal materials. This ensures complete transparency and credibility. ChatGPT, by contrast, often provides answers without verifiable sources – a serious limitation in professional legal settings.
3. Verification by Qualified Scottish Solicitors
LawY uniquely allows you to submit AI-generated answers for verification by qualified Scottish lawyers. This ensures every piece of advice can be professionally reviewed before being relied upon or shared.
ChatGPT offers no such professional validation, leaving users to interpret unverified AI content at their own risk.
Reassuring the Sceptics: AI as the Internet Moment for Scottish Law Firms
When the internet first emerged in the 1990s, many lawyers were hesitant to adopt it. They questioned its reliability, security, and relevance to the legal profession. Today, we face a similar turning point with AI.
Just as the internet became indispensable to modern legal practice, AI will become the next essential tool and LawY is leading that transformation for Scottish law firms.
Far from replacing lawyers, LawY enhances them – serving as a digital legal assistant that works around the clock, delivering instant, verifiable insights while freeing solicitors to focus on strategy, advocacy, and client care.
Why Every Scottish Law Firm Should Embrace LawY
LawY is more than technology, it’s a strategic advantage. For the first time, Scottish law firms can confidently use AI that is:
- Built for Scots Law
- Professionally verifiable
- Transparent and traceable
- Ethically designed for legal practice
- Developed by a trusted Scottish legal tech provider, Denovo
By adopting LawY, your firm gains faster research capabilities, better-informed decisions, and an undeniable competitive edge in an evolving legal landscape.
Try LawY Today
Experience the future of legal practice – built for Scotland, built for your law firm.
Contact us today to book your live LawY demonstration and discover how Scotland’s first AI legal assistant can transform your firm’s efficiency, accuracy, and client service.
Book a demo and try LawY for yourself.
