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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Taylor

Melbourne lawyer referred to complaints body after AI generated made-up case citations in family court

The family law court building in Sydney, Australia
A lawyer who submitted unverified AI-assisted research to the family court has apologised and says he will ‘take the lessons learned to heart’. Photograph: Artist85/AAP

A Melbourne lawyer has been referred to the Victorian legal complaints body after admitting to using artificial intelligence software in a family court case that generated false case citations and caused a hearing to be adjourned.

In a 19 July 2024 hearing, an anonymous solicitor representing a husband in a dispute between a married couple provided the court with a list of prior cases that had been requested by Justice Amanda Humphreys in relation to an enforcement application in the case.

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