Jacob Turner

Barrister at Foundation Court

Speaker

Jacob Turner is a barrister at Fountain Court Chambers and author of ‘Robot Rules: Regulating Artificial Intelligence’ (2018), which has been described by Lord Neuberger as “timely, thought-provoking and significant”. A Chinese edition of Robot Rules was published by Renmin University Press in 2023. Jacob is also a co-author of ‘The Law of Artificial Intelligence’ (2^nd ed) (2024). He has been described in the Legal 500 directory as “the leading barrister in the AI space” and is listed by Chambers and Partners as a Global Leader in AI.

Jacob regularly advises governments, regulators, and companies on the governance of AI and has acted in some of the leading cases in this area. He represented a group of Uber and Ola Cabs drivers in a ground-breaking legal case in the Dutch Courts, challenging the use of AI to ‘robo-fire’ gig economy workers, in which Jacob’s clients were successful in the Court of Appeal in April 2023. Jacob was counsel for the appellant in the ‘AI Inventor’ case Thaler v Comptroller General of Patents in the UK Supreme Court. Jacob advises the UK Government on AI and has also advised INTERPOL and other UN bodies.