The Law Society Gazette Reports
An Australian solicitor found to have produced cases created by AI for the court has been allowed to remain in the profession.
The Victorian Legal Services Board, the south east state’s regulator, placed restrictions on the solicitor but ruled he could still practise as an employee of a law firm, under supervision for the next two years.
The sanction followed the solicitor being reported after tendering a list of authorities generated by AI which included inaccurate citations and summaries.
Similar cases have come through the courts in England and Wales but the consequences have yet to be dealt with by regulators in this country, so the approach of another jurisdiction will be closely monitored as a potential yardstick for penalising this type of misconduct.
