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      "date": "2026-09-04",
      "title": "May judges and court staff use AI in their own work?",
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      "title": "Must lawyers verify AI output before relying on it?",
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      "title": "MFRD and National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIS), [2026] ARTA 1833",
      "summary": "In Australia's Administrative Review Tribunal, a self-represented NDIS applicant filed submissions prepared with generative AI that contained fictitious tribunal decisions and inaccurate statutory references. General Member Strange warned that false AI-generated material can hamper tribunal decision-making, then decided the merits and remitted the support decision for reconsideration.",
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