Just as I was putting the finishing touches to my article on 75 reported cases of suspected or confirmed AI hallucinations in the UK, I received several messages drawing my attention to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal’s decision in SRA v Kumar.
The case concerned matters going beyond the use of AI, but one aspect is particularly notable. As the SDT summarised it:
“This was the first time that a lawyer’s use of artificial intelligence or large language models in legal proceedings had been litigated before the Tribunal.”
That makes it an important decision in this developing area, particularly given that the outcome was that the lawyer was struck off the Register of Foreign Lawyers.
So, the decision now brings the tally in my UK tracker to 76 reported cases, which feels like a significant milestone.
In this legal article, I look at the latest cases added to the tracker and some of the wider observations arising from the recent judgments and decisions. Together, they offer an increasingly interesting picture of how courts, tribunals and regulators are responding to this important issue.
The full legal article can be read here.
Source: https://naturalartificiallaw.substack.com/p/first-solicitors-disciplinary-tribunal
