Lawyer caught using AI-generated false citations in court case penalised in Australian first

Published on September 3, 2025 at 03:44 AM
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

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.

Guardian 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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