‘He immediately admitted what he had done and that the references were phantoms created by AI. He promised not to use AI to generate submissions in future and to check his references personally. It was not possible to refer him to a regulator because, although he qualified as a solicitor, he was struck off the roll of solicitors by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in 2011 and has since then acted as an unregulated representative.’
Link: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2026/141.html