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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ross Lydall

Drivers lose AI-generated parking ticket appeals after 'phantom' evidence rumbled by adjudicator

Drivers are increasingly using artificial intelligence to challenge motoring fines – but are coming a cropper when AI-generated programmes quote “phantom” evidence in their flawed appeals.

The phenomenon - known as “hallucinated” case law - has been exposed by Anthony Chan, the chief adjudicator for London, in his annual report on road traffic appeals in 2024/25.

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