Legal professional used software to generate a case citation list, but did not use documents that had undergone human verification
A lawyer who submitted unverified AI-assisted research to the family court has apologised and says he will ‘take the lessons learned to heart’.A lawyer who submitted unverified AI-assisted research to the family court has apologised and says he will ‘take the lessons learned to heart’.
When Humphreys returned to her chambers, she said in a ruling that neither herself nor her associates were able to identify the cases in the list. When the matter returned to court the lawyer confirmed that the list had been prepared using legal software Leap, and he said there was an AI element to Leap’s software.
Humphrey said she accepted the apology and acknowledged the stress it caused meant it was unlikely to be repeated, but a referral for investigation was important given it was in the public interest for the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner to examine professional conduct issues, given the increasing use of AI tools in law.
A spokesperson for Leap told Guardian Australia that verifying the work was a key part of a lawyer’s ethical obligations. The company said it provides a free verification process where a human, local experienced lawyer examines the output from its software to ensure accuracy.
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