{"id":19965,"date":"2025-09-03T08:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/03\/lawyer-caught-using-ai-generated-false-citations-in-court-case-penalised-in-australian-first\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T08:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:37:14","slug":"lawyer-caught-using-ai-generated-false-citations-in-court-case-penalised-in-australian-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/03\/lawyer-caught-using-ai-generated-false-citations-in-court-case-penalised-in-australian-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer caught using AI-generated false citations in court case penalised in Australian first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Victorian solicitor stripped of his ability to practise as a principal lawyer after acknowledging he did not verify case list<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2025\/sep\/03\/australia-politics-live-labor-coalition-greens-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-question-time-nauru-immigration-asylum-ntwnfb\">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Victorian lawyer has become the first in Australia to face professional sanctions for using artificial intelligence in a court case, being stripped of his ability to practise as a principal lawyer after AI generated false citations that he had failed to verify.<\/p>\n<p>Guardian Australia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/law\/2024\/oct\/10\/melbourne-lawyer-referred-to-complaints-body-after-ai-generated-made-up-case-citations-in-family-court-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other\">reported in October last year<\/a> that in a 19 July 2024 hearing, the 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.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/law\/2025\/sep\/03\/lawyer-caught-using-ai-generated-false-citations-in-court-case-penalised-in-australian-first\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/cd380f0ce442e1fc71ead1ccffc2dce15094e1b7\/599_0_3567_2855\/master\/3567.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=993a0bb59d82a493c4f56c8f7c55bb11\" title=\"Lawyer caught using AI-generated false citations in court case penalised in Australian first\" \/>Victorian solicitor stripped of his ability to practise as a principal lawyer after acknowledging he did not verify case list<\/p>\n<p>Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>A Victorian lawyer has become the first in Australia to face professional sanctions for using artificial intelligence in a court case, being stripped of his ability to practise as a principal lawyer after AI generated false citations that he had failed to verify.<br \/>\nGuardian Australia reported in October last year that in a 19 July 2024 hearing, the 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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