UK lawyers get in on the action, as this case demonstrates, falling foul of AI.

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UK lawyers get in on the action, as this case demonstrates, falling foul of AI. Having not been diligent when checking case citations. In this case the defendant uncovered made-up cases. The judge was less than pleased, making clear “I have a substantial difficulty with members of the Bar who put fake cases in statements of facts and grounds.”While not proven that AI was used in this case, Mr Justice Richie saidOn the balance of probabilities, I consider that it would have been negligent for this barrister, if she used AI and did not check it, to put that text into her pleading. However, I am not in a position to determine whether she did use AI. I find as a fact that Ms Forey intentionally put these cases into her statement of facts and grounds, not caring whether they existed or not, because she had got them from a source which I do not know but certainly was not photocopying cases, putting them in a box and tabulating them, and certainly not from any law report. I do not accept that it is possible to photocopy a non-existent case and tabulate it.”Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA, this case and other recent cases in the US and Australia highlight the bar the legal profession must attain when using AI. As as you have made clear several times, AI poses risks to the legal profession and responsibility and accuracy lies with the lawyer.@Thaddeus Dziekanowski Brian D. McCarthy Faisal Khan M. Ali F. Khan Sophie Best The Government of Dubai Legal Affairs DepartmentVeritas GRChttps://lnkd.in/e2BYjcmn

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