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Fined $77K Gemini 2025-12-18
MIO Legal Consultants LLP filed a defence with AI-fabricated and unsupported case citations, and the court ordered indemnity costs.
Arabyads Holding Limited v. Gulrez Alam Marghoob Alam [2025] ADGMCFI 0032 · MIO Legal Consultants LLP · Abu Dhabi Global Market Court of First Instance
““The fault for reliance on AI hallucinations as factually accurate lies not with the research programme,  but with the person responsible for conducting the search.””
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  • Arabyads Holding Limited v. Gulrez Alam Marghoob Alam [2025] ADGMCFI 0032 involved MIO Legal Consultants LLP.
  • The firm filed a 327-paragraph defence containing cases that did not exist or did not support the propositions cited.
  • The court ordered AED 282,508 in indemnity costs, about USD 77,039.
  • The order was issued by the Abu Dhabi Global Market Court of First Instance in Abu Dhabi.
  • On 2025-12-18, Justice Paul Heath KC said the fault lay with the person responsible for the search, not the AI.
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