PHILIPPINES Law and Practice Contributed by: Elaine A. Atienza and Bianca Georgia T. Paloma, Villaraza & Angangco
10.3 Future The Philippine Supreme Court has taken a deliber- ate and cautious approach to the integration of AI in court operations. In September 2024, the Supreme Court confirmed that it was exploring AI for the draft- ing of decisions, voice-to-text transcription, and case monitoring, while emphasising that human judgment must remain paramount. As part of its Strategic Plan for Judicial Innovations (SPJI) 2022 to 2027, the Supreme Court has identified AI as one of the key tools for reducing case backlogs and improving the efficiency of the judiciary. The persistent problem of court congestion, with average case resolution times of five or more years from filing to implementation, has created strong institutional incentives to explore tech- nological solutions. Looking ahead, the promulgation
of the AI Governance Framework for the Judiciary is expected to provide a more structured approach to AI adoption in courts. It is anticipated that AI will be deployed in areas such as automated case index- ing, document classification, predictive scheduling, and legal research assistance, subject to appropriate human review and oversight. In arbitration and ADR, AI tools are expected to play a growing role in docu- ment production review, settlement prediction, and real-time translation in multilingual proceedings. The challenge for Philippine institutions will be to balance the efficiency gains of AI with the requirements of due process, impartiality, and data privacy, especially in a jurisdiction where many parties and communities still lack reliable access to digital infrastructure.
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