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2025-04-22
Massar Briggs Law filed court documents with hallucinated footnotes; the court declined referral but ordered indemnity costs.
Murray on behalf of the Wamba Wemba Native Title Claim Group v State of Victoria · Massar Briggs Law · Federal Court of Australia · VIC
“Justice Murphy said it was likely that the false document citations came from using generative AI, which had the capacity to "fabricate" or "hallucinate" information.”
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- Massar Briggs Law and principal lawyer Jason Briggs were involved in a native title determination.
- A junior solicitor used AI software that fabricated citations for historical and anthropological reports.
- The court ordered Massar Briggs Law to pay indemnity costs.
- The matter was heard in the Australian Federal Court before Justice Bernard Murphy.
- Justice Murphy chose to publish the order as a warning about the risks of generative AI in legal practice.