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The Big Debate – should AI agents have legal personhood

Tuesday 20 October 2026·12:00pm·Trowers & Hamlins
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Tuesday 20 October 2026

12:00pm

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Trowers & Hamlins

One Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham B4 6GB

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Trowers & Hamlins hosts a future-facing panel debate on whether increasingly autonomous AI agents should hold legal personhood, working through the legal, ethical and commercial consequences. A Birmingham Tech Week fringe session aimed at anyone deploying agentic systems and the lawyers advising them.

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