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Lawyers, judges must embrace AI, complaints ‘much exaggerated’: judge
A senior judge has urged lawyers and judges to “be in the vanguard” of adopting generative artificial intelligence or risk becoming irrelevant, saying machine-made judicial decisions are inevitable.
Federal Court underpaid casuals, blames payroll configuration
The Federal Court of Australia has said it underpaid almost 250 former and current over the past eight years, pointing to a payroll configuration issue as the culprit.
Top judge says fear of AI keeps him up at night
Human experience must remain central to judicial decision-making, a top judge has warned, even as he acknowledged that artificial intelligence was just as capable as civil law judges of fair adjudication.
Judge champions class actions to the last, calls for ‘big hearts’ on bench
A retiring Federal Court judge has defended the class action regime he helped to shape, telling colleagues and practitioners in his farewell speech that the jurisdiction was in its "Goldilocks moment".
AI use for decision-making would breach judicial oath, judge says
Any judge who uses artificial intelligence to issue rulings acts contrary to their oath, a seasoned judge has said, noting the importance of judicial decisions being "entirely those" of the person on the bench.
Retired NT judge to face former associate’s harassment complaint
A retired Northern Territory judge faces allegations of sexual harassment by a former associate after failing in his challenge to a decision allowing the complainant to proceed with the case, filed more than a decade after the alleged conduct.
Judge quizzes ChatGPT on own ruling, AI admits it spun a tale
Advocating a "sterner" approach to litigants' use of artificial intelligence, a judge has put ChatGPT to the test with a judgment of his own. And the grade? An F.
WA to create judicial watchdog under new bill
Western Australia's government is set to introduce legislation for the establishment of an independent watchdog to deal with complaints about the state's judges and magistrates.
Judge’s ‘extraordinary’ swipe at peers may do more harm than good: expert
A judge's public shaming of colleagues for delays in judgment delivery was an "extraordinary intervention" that risked undermining confidence in the judiciary, an expert warns, as the federal Attorney-General says a judicial commission remains under consideration.
‘Egregious delays’: Judge calls out six colleagues for tardy decisions
An outspoken Federal Court judge has taken some of his colleagues to task over the slow delivery of judgments, naming six of his fellow jurists for a "most regrettable state of affairs".