In your report (Excessive court docket tells UK legal professionals to cease misuse of AI after faux case-law citations, 6 June), you quote Dame Victoria Sharp’s name that we, the Bar Council, and our solicitor colleagues on the Regulation Society tackle this matter urgently.
We couldn’t agree extra. This excessive court docket judgment emphasises the risks of the misuse by legal professionals of synthetic intelligence, significantly massive language fashions, and specifically its critical implications for the administration of justice and public confidence within the justice system.
The general public is entitled to count on from authorized professionals the very best requirements of integrity and competence in applicable understanding and use of recent applied sciences, in addition to in all different respects.
The Bar Council has already issued steering on the alternatives and dangers surrounding the usage of generative AI, which is quoted by the court docket, and is within the strategy of organising a joint working group with the Bar Requirements Board to determine how finest we are able to assist barristers to uphold these requirements with applicable additional coaching and supervision.
Lawrence Akka KC
Chair, Bar Council IT panel
