guidance diffAUSTRALIA
Australia's law-society AI guidance: the joint statement and state guides
Australian regulator guidance on generative AI — Queensland's Guidance Statement 37, the three-regulator joint statement, and the NSW solicitor's guide.
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AI in Courts
Judicial guidance, AI evidence, deepfakes, and standing orders across jurisdictions.
analysisUK
Ayinde and Al-Haroun: England's Divisional Court sets the rule on AI-fabricated citations
England's Divisional Court referred two lawyers to their regulators over AI-fabricated citations and warned its restraint on contempt is not a precedent.
guidance diffCANADA
Canada's law-society AI guidance: BC, Ontario, Alberta, and the CBA
The version record of Canadian law-society generative-AI guidance — LSBC (2023), the LSO white paper (2024), Alberta's Rules of Engagement, and the CBA toolkit.
analysisUS
The $110,000 Oregon AI-sanctions case, and what the coverage got wrong
Oregon's ~$110,000 AI-sanctions case: terminating sanctions for fifteen fake cases and eight fabricated quotations, and why the headline figure is an aggregate.
analysisUK
Harber v HMRC: the first reported UK case of AI-invented case law
The first reported UK case of AI-invented case law: a litigant cited nine ChatGPT-fabricated decisions to the Tax Tribunal, which found them fake.
guidance diffIRELAND
Ireland's AI guidance for lawyers and judges: the version record
The Law Society of Ireland's GenAI guidelines, the Judicial Council's guidelines for judges, and the Court of Appeal's five principles — dated and sourced.
analysisCANADA
Ko v. Li: how a ChatGPT factum became a criminal-contempt referral in Ontario
An Ontario lawyer filed a ChatGPT-fabricated factum, then lied about writing it — and drew a criminal-contempt referral to the Attorney General.
explainer
Legal AI glossary: the terms that decide cases
Plain-English definitions courts use when sanctioning AI-fabricated citations: hallucination, Hamid jurisdiction, wasted costs, Rule 11, and more.
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Legal AI safety: a curated reading list of primary sources
The judgments, court rules, regulator guidance, and research worth reading first on AI in legal practice — annotated and grouped by who needs them.
analysisINDIA
India's Supreme Court: a ruling built on AI-hallucinated cases is 'no decision in law'
India's Supreme Court set aside two tribunal orders built on fake AI-generated precedents and ordered the Bar Council to frame AI rules for lawyers.
guidance diffSINGAPORE
Singapore's legal AI guidance: courts, ministry, and Law Society
Singapore's legal AI guidance, dated and sourced: the Supreme Court's 2024 circular, the Ministry of Law's 2026 sector guide, and the Law Society advisory.
analysisSOUTH-AFRICA
South Africa's regulator vacuum: courts doing the LPC's job on AI
South Africa's Legal Practice Council has published no guidance on lawyers' AI use — so its courts are referring practitioners to it instead, case by case.
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Three years of legal AI hallucinations: the record from 2023 to 2026
From Mata v Avianca to a $110,000 Oregon sanction: what the verified record of AI-fabricated citations shows about courts, regulators, and the firms involved.
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AI guidance beyond the big jurisdictions: India, Brazil, Hong Kong, the Gulf
AI guidance in India (Kerala), Brazil (CNJ Res. 615), Hong Kong, and the Gulf (QFC) — judicial and regulator documents beyond the big jurisdictions.
guidance diffUK
UK judicial AI guidance: the version history, December 2023 to October 2025
How the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary's AI guidance for judges in England and Wales changed across three versions: Dec 2023, April 2025, and 31 October 2025.
reportUS-FEDERAL
US federal court AI standing orders: who requires what
No national US rule governs AI in filings. A primary-sourced registry of representative federal judges' standing orders: certify, disclose, or prohibit.
explainerAUSTRALIA
What NSW Supreme Court Practice Note SC Gen 23 actually prohibits
New South Wales runs the strictest AI court rule in the common-law world: affidavits must declare AI was NOT used. Here is what the practice note requires.