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A barrister has been scolded in Court for relying upon artificial intelligence that produced fictious cases and mistakes.
A barrister preparing a case used AI to prepare his submissions, but failed to check and there were extraordinary mistakes that crept in which surprised him and the Judge was scathing.
He even threatened to report the barrister to the Bar Standards Board. The moral of the story is that whilst you can rely upon AI and should, the responsibility for the final product is the lawyers and woe betide if it is wrong.
Rodney Hylton-Potts
October 2025