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Cork (Anthony Malcolm) & Anor v Smith (Mark)
Cork v Smith [2026] EWHC 1199 (Ch)
Key Principle
Legal representatives who place reliance on legal research generated by artificial intelligence owe a duty to verify that material against primary sources before putting it before the court, and presenting non-existent (AI-hallucinated) authority or legislation to the court, and failing to correct it candidly, is a serious breach of the duties owed to the court that may warrant regulatory referral.
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