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Why you must verify AI-generated content in your expert report

The Court excluded consideration of the expert testimony of an expert on the dangers of AI and misinformation, after he submitted an expert...

Yodel Delivery Network Limited v Jacob Corlett & Ors [2025] EWHC 1435 (Ch)

The two handwriting experts in this case were given completely different samples of comparator signatures and did not undertake the same task. The...

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Why you must verify AI-generated content in your expert report

16. Criticism and Complaints, Artificial Intelligence, AI, 11. Report Writing, Minnesota, United States

The Court excluded consideration of the expert testimony of an expert on the dangers of AI and misinformation, after he submitted an expert declaration which included fake AI-generated citations to two academic articles.

Kohls v. Ellison, 2025 WL 66514 (D. Minn. Jan. 10, 2025)

16 January

Case Updates

Yodel Delivery Network Limited v Jacob Corlett & Ors [2025] EWHC 1435 (Ch)

16. Criticism and Complaints, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, Handwriting expert, Authenticity

The two handwriting experts in this case were given completely different samples of comparator signatures and did not undertake the same task. The judge noted that it was extraordinary and unsatisfactory that the defendants’ expert was provided with comparator signatures which were not the person’s normal signature and was then instructed to assume they were authentic.

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