Question 1

What percentage of UK law firms score below 25 on AI Discoverability?

Accepted Answer

73.1% of UK law firms score below 25 out of 100 on AI Discoverability, according to the LegalVIS 2026 benchmark of 335 firms.

Question 2

What percentage of UK law firms have an llms.txt file?

Accepted Answer

Only 16.7% of UK law firms have an llms.txt file. 83.3% — 279 of 335 firms — have none.

Question 3

What is the average AI readiness score for UK law firms?

Accepted Answer

The average overall AI readiness score across 335 UK law firms is 46.1 out of 100, based on the LegalVIS 5 Pillar Audit System.

Question 4

How often do UK law firms appear in ChatGPT responses?

Accepted Answer

Audited UK law firms appear in 22.8% of ChatGPT responses and 23.3% of Gemini responses to relevant legal search prompts.

Question 5

What percentage of UK law firms have no schema markup?

Accepted Answer

32.2% of UK law firms — 108 of 335 audited firms — have zero schema markup across their entire website.

Question 6

What percentage of UK law firms have FAQPage schema?

Accepted Answer

Only 6.3% of UK law firms — 21 out of 335 — have any FAQPage schema. Of those, the 232 pages carrying it are embedded within Services pages rather than standalone FAQ sections.

Question 7

What trust signals most influence AI recommendation rates for law firms?

Accepted Answer

Firms with strong trust signals (3-4 signal types) appear in AI responses at 59.8% compared to 40.8% for firms with weak signals (0-1 types). 79.1% of UK law firms have no detectable case study signals.

Question 8

Which UK law firm appeared most in AI responses during the benchmark?

Accepted Answer

Kingsley Napley appeared in 112 prompt tests — more than any other firm in the dataset. The top 20 firms appearing in AI responses were not part of the audited cohort; they are the firms AI systems default to when legal queries are run.

Question 9

How many pages were crawled across UK law firm websites for this benchmark?

Accepted Answer

11,879 pages were crawled across 335 UK law firm websites. Services and Insights pages dominate, but Trust pages exist in only 71 firms and Case Study pages in just 29.

LegalVIS Research

UK Law Firm AI Visibility Benchmark 2026