Lawyers will be able to ask Chat GPT, what are the consequences of not checking my work before its submitted?

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Lawyers will be able to ask Chat GPT, what are the consequences of not checking my work before its submitted?

As Dame Victoria Sharp, president of the King’s Bench Division, and Mr Justice Johnson heard two cases referred to them because of ‘actual or suspected use’ of generative AI tools used by lawyers to produce written legal arguments or witness statements. The court has been clear in its judgement and in this instance lawyers may be been lucky.

In the case referring to Hamad Al-Haroun v Qatar National Bank solicitor Abid Hussain admitted to relying on the use of AI, without verifying the authorities. It was their professional responsibility to ensure accuracy. The inadequate actions of the solicitor resulted in the high court referring them to the Solicitors Regulatory Body (SRA).

In a second case Sarah Forey, instructed by Haringey Law Centre, was found to have cited false authorities while a pupil barrister. She had used AI when preparing her list of cases or the ground for judicial review. That resulted in the court considering the threshold of initiating contempt proceedings met. Fortunately the court considered her ‘extremely junior lawyer’ and contempt proceedings were not applied, but will be subject to a referral and investigation by the bar regulator (BSB).

This case highlights that the use of AI will be scrutinised by UK courts and could result in contempt of court proceedings and referrals to relevant regulators.

@Thaddeus Dziekanowski Brian D. McCarthy Faisal Khan

Veritas GRC

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