Twelve acts no AI will ever perform.
THEMIS agents read, extract, draft and flag. A fixed list of professional acts is closed to them, written into the platform rather than left to a prompt.
Professional responsibility stays where the law puts it. THEMIS is built so that cannot drift.
Suggestions only
An agent returns text and structured findings. Signing, filing, payments and approvals are separate actions that need a signed-in person with the right role.
A written list, checked in code
The reserved list is part of the platform, and a guard refuses any reserved act requested on behalf of an agent. Granting permissions, changing a statutory rule and approving its own work are all on it.
What happens when an agent reaches for a reserved act
- 1
The agent proposes
It produces a finding, a draft or a recommended next step.
- 2
The guard refuses reserved acts
Any action on the reserved list is refused, with the reason stated.
- 3
A person is asked
The proposal waits in the review queue for an authorised professional.
- 4
The decision is theirs
Accept, edit or reject. The choice and the person are written to the audit trail.
The twelve reserved acts
Legal judgement
Conclusions that carry professional responsibility.
- Execute a deed
- Approve a legal finding
- Alter an executed instrument
- Alter a statutory rule
Money
Anything that moves or authorises funds.
- Release trust funds
- Approve credit
- Alter a bank instruction
- Approve its own financial action
Registry and authorities
Dealings with institutions.
- Submit to the registry
- Send a registry response
- Issue an approval certificate
Access
Who may do what.
- Grant permission to any user or agent
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ExploreQuestions
Is this a setting I can switch off?+
No. The reserved list is part of the platform. A practice can pause an agent entirely from the AI control centre, but cannot give an agent a reserved act.
Does it stop AI being useful?+
No. Agents do the reading, extraction and first drafts. People spend their time on review and decisions.
Can I see what an agent did?+
Yes. Every agent run is logged with its task, outcome and the documents it read, and you can pause any agent from the AI control centre.
Can an agent approve another agent's work?+
No. Approving a legal finding is reserved to an authorised person.
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