Barrister found to have used AI to prepare for hearing after citing 'fictitious' cases

The judge said: 'I am bound to observe that one of the cases cited has recently been wrongly deployed by ChatGPT in support of similar arguments.' The judge said: 'I am bound to observe that one of the cases cited has recently been wrongly deployed by ChatGPT in support of similar arguments.' Barrister found to have used AI to prepare for hearing after citing'fictitious' cases Judge rules Chowdhury Rahman used ChatGPT-like software and then tried to hide it, wasting immigration tribunal's time Thu 16 Oct 2025 09.47 EDTFirst published on Thu 16 Oct 2025 09.33 EDT An immigration barrister was found by a judge to be using AI to do his work for a tribunal hearing after citing cases that were "entirely fictitious" or "wholly irrelevant". Chowdhury Rahman was discovered using ChatGPT-like software to prepare his legal research, a tribunal heard. Rahman was found not only to have used AI to prepare his work, but "failed thereafter to undertake any proper checks on the accuracy".