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209 Could UK Lawyers Face Life in Prison for Citing Fake AI-Generated Cases?

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 06/08/2025 10:34 EDT

Could UK Lawyers Face Life in Prison for Citing Fake AI-Generated Cases?

The Associated Press reports that on Friday, U.K. High Court justice Victoria Sharp and fellow judge Jeremy Johnson ruled on the possibility of false information being submitted to the court. Concerns had been raised by lower-court judges about "suspected use by lawyers of generative AI tools to produce written legal arguments or witness statements which are not then checked."
In a ruling written by Sharp, the judges said that in a 90 million pound ($120 million) lawsuit over an alleged breach of a financin

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