Navigating a personal injury case can be complex and intimidating, especially for individuals unfamiliar with the legal process. Understanding common strategies that attorneys use to strengthen cases can provide clarity and help clients make informed decisions. From organizing documentation to effective communication and timely filings, awareness of these approaches can improve outcomes and reduce stress
John Edwards is still, on paper, the UK Information Commissioner but he is in regulatory limbo, off the pitch on full pay after an HR probe found “a case to answer” and stripped him of his day‑to‑day powers. The formere New Zealand Privacy Commissioner before his UK appointment, he has returned home while his deputy
Generative AI has arrived inside BigLaw carrying a question that no one is quite ready to answer out loud: if the technology can do what junior associates do, what exactly are junior associates for? It is the most uncomfortable conversation in the legal profession right now and it is only getting louder from what we
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In Jones v Family Court at Whangārei [2026] NZSC 1, the Supreme Court used a published judgment to call out a litigant for citing case law that an AI application had invented. Meanwhile, Bell Gully had become the first large New Zealand firm to roll out Harvey AI to its entire 200-plus lawyer team.
What the Supreme Court Said
Justices Ellen France, Stephen Kós and Forrest Miller dismissed Mr Jones’s leave application after identifying that submissions cited several authorities that “appear to have been hallucinated by an Artificial Intelligence (AI) application”.
Specific examples included “Teddy v Police [2015] NZSC 62” and “Baird v R [2013] NZSC 120” — real case names combined with incorrect citations, while four genuine cases were misused to support propositions they did not stand for.
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