New Delhi, June 26 -- The first-ever fully artificial-intelligence (AI)-powered law firm has finally settled the long-running 'can AI replace lawyers' debate with a win in a case worth £7000, approximately Rs.8.8 lakh, in the United Kingdom.

Garfield AI, a UK-based chatbot firm, helped a freelancer recover her unpaid debts in court against a human lawyer.

The AI law firm prepared the case for its client, hired a human barrister to advocate in court, and independently drafted four witness statements, case bundles, and all legal arguments to represent the client, according to The Print.

But the most important thing the AI firm did was defeat the defendant's retaliatory claim and win the case against its human opponent, Barrister Dom...