Dr. Jason Harkess, a barrister and legal academic practicing law in Australia, notes that "Artificial intelligence is transforming legal work at breakneck speed. But with that transformation comes a dangerous side effect: AI-generated hallucinations - confident, plausible, and entirely fabricated legal authorities".
In his article posted on the Internet, AI's Legal Lies Exposed: Combatting the Hallucination Epidemic, Dr. Harkess observes that "We are now seeing these hallucinations infecting court submissions across multiple jurisdictions, impacting the integrity of legal proceedings".
Citing "Ayinde v Haringey [2025] EWHC 1383 (Admin)", Dr. Harkess pointed out that the Divisional Court in England and Wales confronted this issue head-on in a case involving a young barrister "who presented five fabricated case citations to the court - AI-generated, confidently phrased, and entirely fictitious".
Dr. Harkess' article notes five essential lessons from that case, identifying the structural, cognitive, and procedural safeguards legal professionals should now consider adopting.
Click HERE to access Dr. Harkess' article posted on the Internet.