By Steve Conley
Founder, Get SAFE – Support After Financial Exploitation
Academy of Life Planning
Across the legal profession, there is growing frustration with clients who arrive to meetings armed with AI-generated analysis. Blog posts worry about “AI hallucinations,” “scope creep,” and clients who “second-guess” professional advice.
See: When clients play lawyer: the hidden cost of AI-assisted self-diagnosis.
I understand the concern.
But from where I sit — working every day with victims of financial exploitation — the debate completely misses the point.
Because for 99.9% of exploited consumers, the choice isn’t between paying a solicitor £40,000 to analyse their DSAR… or using AI.
The choice is between AI and nothing at all.
And that changes the conversation entirely.
The Hidden Reality: Most Victims Cannot Afford Legal Support
A single DSAR can run to thousands of pages.
A full case review by a solicitor can exceed £30,000–£40,000 long before a claim even reaches a court.
Most victims we support are already financially devastated:
- pensions lost
- life savings gone
- debt created through no fault of their own
- predatory fees added while complaints drag on
For these people, the legal market as currently priced is simply inaccessible.
They are not “playing lawyer.”
They are trying to survive in a system that has shut the doors to justice.
Independent AI is the first tool in decades that has reopened those doors — even a fraction.
And that is precisely why Get SAFE exists.
The Legal Sector’s Frustration Is Real — But It’s Misdiagnosed
Legal firms are correct in one sense: unregulated, random AI output can mislead.
We see that too.
But the real issue facing the legal sector isn’t AI.
It’s that for the first time in history, clients can now read their own documents.
They can finally:
- interpret internal bank codes
- build accurate timelines
- identify breaches in mandates
- uncover concealed communications
- spot inconsistencies in regulators’ correspondence
- detect operational failures
- compare DSAR responses for missing information
This is not “second-guessing professionals.”
This is the public gaining access to information that was always theirs.
The discomfort is understandable.
But the genie is not going back in the bottle.
What Lawyers Don’t See: AI Used Properly Makes Their Job Easier
At Get SAFE, we don’t throw unverified AI summaries at solicitors.
We do the opposite.
We teach victims to produce:
1. Well-structured evidence dossiers
Chronologies, document indexes, cross-referenced exhibits, and fact-based summaries.
2. Precise, professional correspondence
Letters that are concise, polite, legally grounded, and easy for solicitors or regulators to understand.
3. Clear separation between fact, inference, and allegation
A discipline that many firms wish clients had in place before they arrived.
4. Documented chains of communication
So firms can instantly see what banks, regulators, or third parties have said — and what they haven’t.
A well-prepared dossier can cut 80% of the solicitor’s workload.
It turns a chaotic pile of evidence into a digestible, professionally organised brief.
Most law firms do not see this, because they only hear about AI when it causes friction — not when it quietly prevents it.
The Legal Sector’s Concern Shouldn’t Be AI… but Captured AI
The real threat is industry-captured AI — systems trained on biased data, designed to funnel clients back into products or settlement schemes.
Captured AI will:
- mislead
- omit
- redirect
- downplay breaches
- normalise misconduct
- nudge users away from escalation
That is a problem.
But independent, victim-centred AI is the opposite.
It is transparent, cross-checks evidence, and uses the client’s actual documents — not generic assumptions.
The risk is not “AI replacing lawyers.”
The risk is AI being captured by the very institutions responsible for the harm.
When Victims Prepare Well, Regulators and Firms Respond Better
Our work proves a simple truth:
When a citizen presents a clear, structured, evidence-led dossier, organisations take them far more seriously.
We’ve seen regulators who previously ignored complaints suddenly engage.
We’ve seen banks reverse entrenched positions.
We’ve seen Ombudsman cases shift after years of stagnation.
We’ve seen MPs intervene when the evidence is irrefutable.
Not because of confrontation —
but because clarity forces accountability.
And nothing brings clarity like:
- precision
- organisation
- structure
- evidence integrity
- timeline accuracy
Independent AI gives victims the capacity to reach that level.
The Legal Profession Should Be Embracing This — Not Resisting It
There is an extraordinary opportunity here:
Solicitors + Independent AI = A Stronger, Fairer Justice System
AI does not replace legal judgement.
It makes legal judgement accessible.
It provides:
- better-prepared clients
- clearer cases
- fewer hours spent sorting chaos
- faster settlement potential
- stronger factual grounding
- reduced risk of missing key evidence
In other words:
AI makes every lawyer more effective.
It makes every case more intelligible.
It makes justice more reachable.
What’s emerging is not a threat to the profession,
but a way to deliver justice at scale.
The Real Question Facing the Legal Sector
The debate isn’t “How do we stop clients using AI?”
The question is:
How do we ensure AI is structurally trustworthy —
and aligned with the public interest rather than commercial interests?
That’s where the legal profession, regulators, and civil society must now focus.
Because independent, transparent AI doesn’t erode professional standards.
It enhances them.
It makes the system work for the first time for those who could never afford it.
This is not a challenge to the legal sector’s expertise.
It’s an invitation to collaboration.
Get SAFE is ready to lead that collaboration.
Conclusion: When the Public “Plays Lawyer,” Justice Finally Has a Chance
If clients appear more informed, more assertive, or more curious, it’s not because AI is causing disruption.
It’s because for the first time, citizens can finally understand their own evidence.
We should celebrate that — not fight it.
Because when ordinary people become competent case-builders:
- truth emerges faster
- weak defences collapse earlier
- regulators act sooner
- the public regains trust
- and justice becomes possible
That is not a cost.
That is progress.
And it is long overdue.
What is Goliathon?
The Citizen Investigator’s Path from Overwhelm to Justice
Goliathon is a justice-building system designed for people who have been financially harmed and left to fend for themselves. It exists because most victims can’t afford £20,000–£40,000 in legal fees, can’t get regulators to listen, and have no idea where to start.
Goliathon changes that.
It gives survivors clarity, structure, and skill — so they can finally understand what happened to them and build cases that institutions must take seriously.
1️⃣ The Problem: Victims Face Goliaths Alone
Banks, regulators, trustees, debt collectors, and law firms hold:
- the data
- the systems
- the resources
- the internal codes
- the legal knowledge
- the power
Victims have none of that — just a stack of confusing DSAR pages and years of trauma.
The system was never designed for ordinary people to navigate.
Goliathon levels the field.
2️⃣ The Solution: Transform Victims into Citizen Investigators
Goliathon doesn’t teach people to “play lawyer.”
It teaches them to:
✔ read their DSAR
✔ rebuild their timeline
✔ identify breaches and contradictions
✔ index evidence like a solicitor
✔ write professional, assertive letters
✔ organise a case dossier that regulators cannot ignore
✔ prepare for legal or political escalation
This is not adversarial.
It is empowerment through clarity.
When someone understands their evidence, they stand taller.
They communicate better.
They become taken seriously.
That changes everything.
3️⃣ The Method: A Step-by-Step Case-Building Process
Goliathon breaks the overwhelming chaos into clean, manageable stages:
Stage 1 — Stabilise
Support, grounding, emotional safety, clarity of situation.
Stage 2 — Organise
Evidence folders, naming systems, indexing, understanding the paperwork.
Stage 3 — Analyse
Timeline reconstruction, breach mapping, identifying missing documents.
Stage 4 — Articulate
Writing clear, fact-based correspondence that gets responses.
Stage 5 — Escalate
How to approach MPs, regulators, Ombudsman, journalists, or solicitors.
Stage 6 — Advance
Build a full digital dossier: every document, every finding, every conclusion.
Every survivor gets a structured, professional brief that any regulator or lawyer could pick up and run with.
That is the heart of structural trustworthiness.
4️⃣ The Role of AI: A Co-Pilot for Justice
Independent AI — not industry-captured AI — gives survivors the ability to:
- decode bank jargon
- spot inconsistencies
- extract timelines
- rewrite letters professionally
- summarise 1,000-page DSARs
- check logic, tone, and clarity
- produce solicitor-grade structure
AI doesn’t replace legal judgement.
It gives ordinary people the clarity required to engage with legal systems in the first place.
Goliathon combines the human and the technological — conscience-led empowerment supported by structurally trustworthy tools.
5️⃣ The Outcome: Victims Go from Helpless to Seen, Heard, and Taken Seriously
Once a survivor completes the Goliathon process, they walk away with:
A forensic case file
Organised, indexed, and professionally structured.
A clear narrative
What happened, when, why, and what evidence supports it.
A strategy
Which organisation to approach, in what order, and with what documents.
A voice
Calm, precise, firm — and respected.
A pathway to restitution
Whether regulatory, legal, political, or media-led.
We see banks reverse positions.
We see stalled cases move forward.
We see survivors regain their sense of power.
Because clarity is leverage.
And Goliathon gives clarity.
6️⃣ Why We Called It Goliathon
Because survivors often feel like they are standing in front of a towering giant — powerful, unaccountable, impossible to fight.
But when you understand your case…
when your evidence is organised…
when your words are precise…
when your dossier is watertight…
The giant stops looking invincible.
And you realise:
Goliath wasn’t defeated by force.
He was defeated by precision.
That is the spirit of Goliathon.
In One Sentence
Goliathon turns victims of financial exploitation into confident, capable citizen investigators who can build professional-grade cases using structured training, emotional support, and independent AI.
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Every year, thousands across the UK lose their savings, pensions, and peace of mind to corporate financial exploitation — and are left to face the aftermath alone.
Get SAFE (Support After Financial Exploitation) exists to change that.
We’re creating a national lifeline for victims — offering free emotional recovery, life-planning, and justice support through our Fellowship, Witnessing Service, and Citizen Investigator training.
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steve.conley@aolp.co.uk | +44 (0)7850 102070
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