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Tuesday, September 1, 2026

The tragedy of the commons, AI edition - The Economist

Britain’s employment courts are clogged with AI cases

British employment law contains a provision called “interim relief”, an emergency measure under which a judge can order a firm to reinstate a fired employee, or at least pay their wages. The subject may be a whistleblower who has complained of safety breaches, or a troublesome trade-union official. Little known outside legal circles, this provision has been sought infrequently—across Britain tribunals used to get about 20 applications a year—and rarely granted.

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