The High Court of England and Wales cracked down on lawyers using AI to create fake cases in courtroom documents. Two lawyers were caught submitting AI-generated, bogus case citations in legal arguments.
The judge made it clear: lawyers doing this risk criminal charges.
Victoria Sharp, president of the King’s Bench Division, delivered a sharp warning Friday. 
“There are serious implications for the administration of justice and public confidence in the justice system if artificial intelligence is misused,” Victoria Sharp said in the judgment.
The cases involved lawyers who leaned on AI tools when drafting submissions. They narrowly avoided contempt proceedings this time, but the ruling signals a hard line going forward.
Legal pros now face a red flag on abusing AI in their filings — this could seriously jeopardize trust in courts and invite legal trouble.
More details in the official judgment here.
