Melbourne lawyer referred to complaints body after AI generated made-up case citations in family court
by Josh Taylor from World news | The Guardian on (#6RC3S)
Legal professional used software to generate a case citation list, but did not use documents that had undergone human verification
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A Melbourne lawyer has been referred to the Victorian legal complaints body after admitting to using artificial intelligence software in a family court case that generated false case citations and caused a hearing to be adjourned.
In a 19 July 2024 hearing, an anonymous solicitor representing a husband in a dispute between a married couple provided the court with a list of prior cases that had been requested by Justice Amanda Humphreys in relation to an enforcement application in the case.
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