DoNotPay is a free chatbot that offers legal counsel to its users via an iOS app. It claims that it can be used to sue anyone, however, its main focus is on corporations and navigating their complex bureaucracies.

Using AI-powered legal knowledge, it removes the would be roadblocks that would-be plaintiff encounter. Previously, the app was only accessible via the company’s website.

The robo lawyer works by asking the user a series of basic questions about their situation and who they would like to sue.

On the basis of this information, the bot then draws up the necessary documents the user needs to send to the courthouse in order to become a plaintiff. It will also generate the user a script for them to read from if they have to attend in person.

Joshua Browder, the creator of DoNotPay, designed robot lawyer to help dispute the dozens of parking tickets he had accumulated at the age of 18.

Browder said: “I was a terrible driver when I turned 18 I got about 30 parking tickets, [so] I created the first version of Do Not Pay to help people get out of their parking tickets.

This made me realise I should probably expand this into other areas of the law. If people are being conned with parking tickets, they’re probably being conned elsewhere.”

DoNotPay App Has a 50% Success Rate

Since its first inception, DoNotPay has evolved to become more sophisticated and capable of offering legal advice in all 3,000 countries in 50 states.

During the aftermath of the Equifax debacle, DoNotPay was updated to support users in certain areas to sue the company for maximum damages.

Browder told Motherboard that the app’s success rate is around 50%, with the average winnings amounting roughly to $7,000 (£5295)

Most of the claims its handles are through small claims courts. To date, it has helped users get back $16 million (£12 million) in disputed parking tickets.

It can now support a wider variety of issues including volatile airline prices, data breaches, late package deliveries, and unfair bank fees.  Currently, the service is free – the users get to keep 100% of the money they win in court- but Browder has said that he is considering charging for more specialised legal advice in the future.