High Court Chief Justice Stephen Gageler raised the spectre of judges using AI to decide cases based on computer-generated arguments in his exclusive interview with Capital Brief.
Any suggestion that Gageler was being dramatic has been dispelled by a recent judgement of the Court of Appeals of Georgia, Shahid v Essam.
In its 30 June decision, the court voided a ruling by a trial judge who had adopted fictitious cases cited by a husband in a family law dispute.
US legal media say it is the first known court order involving hallucinated cases. It's a step up from the usual fare of lawyers being caught out — typically by opposing counsel.
