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UK v Secretary of State for the Home Department (AI hallucinations; supervision; Hamid), [2026] UKUT 81 (IAC)

referral

Before the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), two immigration matters featured fabricated authorities traced to AI, including Google's AI results. Solicitor and COLP Zubair Rasheed was referred to the Solicitors Regulation Authority for failing to supervise the caseworker who drafted fake citations; a separate adviser escaped referral by self-reporting to his regulators.

Date of decision/order

2025-11-17

Court

Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)

Jurisdiction

UK

AI tool

Google AI

Conduct

Two immigration matters featured fabricated authorities traced to AI, including Google's AI results. In one, grounds drafted by a caseworker cited four non-existent cases; in the other an adviser cited a fictitious authority. The tribunal stressed the risk is not confined to generative models such as ChatGPT.

Consequence

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Regulatory outcome

Solicitors Regulation Authority: Solicitor and COLP Zubair Rasheed was referred to the SRA for failing to supervise the caseworker who drafted the fake citations. A separate adviser, Tahir Mohammed, escaped referral by self-reporting to the Immigration Advice Authority and the SRA before the tribunal acted. (2025-11-17)