Referred to the bar
Legal Genius
2025-06-30
The court referred the submission of AI-hallucinated case authorities to the Legal Practice Council for disciplinary investigation.
Northbound Processing (Pty) Ltd v South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator and Others (2025/072038) [2025] ZAGPJHC 661 · Gauteng Division of the High Court · South Africa
“such conduct is unacceptable”
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- Northbound Processing (Pty) Ltd v South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator.
- Practitioners submitted AI-hallucinated case authorities to the court.
- Referred to the Legal Practice Council for investigation into potential professional misconduct.
- South African court.
- The court treated the submission of fabricated authorities as potentially crossing into professional misconduct.