Lawyers have quoted false issues created by artificial intelligence in litigation in England, one judge said, warning that lawyers could be prosecuted if they do not control the accuracy of their research.
The justice of the Supreme Court Victoria Sharp said that misuse of it has “serious implications for the administration of justice and the public confidence in the justice system”.
In the latest example of how judicial systems around the world are being caught up with the way to deal with the growing presence of artificial intelligence in court, and his judge Jeremy Johnson punished lawyers in the last two cases in a decision on Friday.
They were asked to rule after the lower court judges raised concerns about “the alleged use by lawyers of artificial intelligence to produce written legal arguments or statements of witnesses who are not subsequently controlled,” leading to false information placed before the court.
In a decision written by Sharp, judges said that in a 90 million pound lawsuit ($ 120 million) for a alleged violation of a funding agreement involving the National Bank of Qatar, a lawyer quoted 18 non -existent cases.
The client in this case, Hamad al-Haroun, apologized for the inadvertent court fraud with false information produced by the public disposal, and said he was responsible than his lawyer, Abid Hussain.
But Sharp said it was “extraordinary that the lawyer was relying on the client for the accuracy of their legal research than on the other hand”.
In the next incident, one lawyer mentioned five false cases in the claim of the tenant’s shelter against the Haringey London municipality. Barrister Sarah Forey denied using it, but Sharp said she “did not give the court a coherent explanation of what happened.”
Judges referred to lawyers in both cases their professional regulators, but did not take a more serious action.
Sharp said that the provision of false material as if it were true could be considered a contempt of the court or, in the “wildest issues”, perverting the course of justice, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
She said in judgment that he is a “powerful technology” and a “useful tool” for the law.
“Artificial intelligence is a tool that carries with it risks as well as opportunities,” the judge said. “Its use should therefore occur with an appropriate degree of supervision, and within a regulatory framework that ensures compliance with well -defined professional and ethical standards if the public confidence in the administration of justice has to be maintained.”
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