UK Legal AI Visibility Study 2026 · 2026 edition

Harper James AI visibility in UK legal services

Harper James was named in 3.4% of the analysed AI answers in this UK legal services study, placing it number 19 in the sampled leaderboard. Where it appeared, 95.8% of those answers presented it as an active recommendation rather than a passing mention. Its average position in the answers that ranked options was 1.56. Visibility was strongest on perplexity (8.8% of that engine's analysed answers) and weakest on chatgpt (0.1%). The figures come from 166 qualifying observations across 46 distinct buyer questions, a strong confidence sample.

Sector rank
#19
of the top 25 sampled brands
Sampled AI visibility
3.4%
of analysed answers
Recommendation rate
95.8%
of its appearances
Average position
1.56
where answers ranked options
Qualifying observations
166
Strong confidence
Questions covered
46
18.4% of study questions
Assistants measured
3
Snapshot date
2026-09-01

Engines

Visibility by AI assistant

  • perplexity8.8% of that assistant's analysed answers · 110 observations
  • gemini4.4% of that assistant's analysed answers · 55 observations
  • chatgpt0.1% of that assistant's analysed answers · 1 observations

Topics

Most frequently observed topics

  • commercial discovery
  • alternative
  • problem led

Ranked by how often the brand was observed against each topic, not by topic-level visibility share.


Geography

Markets where the brand appeared

  • Banking and finance
  • Commercial contracts
  • Commercial litigation
  • Commercial property
  • Construction and property
  • Construction law
  • Corporate law
  • Data protection and privacy
  • Debt recovery
  • Energy and renewables
  • Financial services
  • Insolvency and restructuring
  • Intellectual property
  • Manufacturing
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Professional services
  • Regulatory and compliance
  • Retail and ecommerce
  • Shareholder and partnership disputes
  • Technology and SaaS

Competitive context

Brands named in the same answers


Source patterns

Site types behind these answers

Aggregated across the answers in which Harper James appeared. Only domains observed at least three times are shown, and no individual pages are published.

  • legal500.com6.6% · unknown
  • chambers.com6% · unknown
  • harperjames.co.uk5% · brand
  • blakemorgan.co.uk2.6% · unknown
  • clutch.co2.4% · directory
  • reviewsolicitors.co.uk2.3% · affiliate
  • cms.law2.2% · unknown
  • trustpilot.com2.1% · review
  • womblebonddickinson.com2% · unknown
  • emlaw.co.uk1.7% · unknown
  • weightmans.com1.6% · unknown
  • bestlawyers.com1.5% · affiliate

Methodology

How to read this profile

Sampled AI visibility is the share of the analysed AI answers in this study in which a brand was named. Recommendation rate is the share of those appearances where the answer actively recommended the brand rather than mentioning it in passing. Per-engine visibility is measured against the answers analysed on that engine only. Confidence reflects sample size: Directional up to 20 qualifying observations, Moderate from 21 to 100, Strong above 100.

This is a point-in-time research snapshot, not a live ranking.

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