22 h. ago High court tells UK lawyers to stop misuse of AI after fake case

Ruling follows two cases blighted by actual or suspected use of artificial intelligence in legal workThe high court has told senior lawyers to take urgent action to prevent the misuse of artificial intelligence after dozens of fake case-law citations were put before the courts that were either completely fictitious or contained made-up passages.Lawyers are increasingly using AI systems to help them build legal arguments, but two cases this year were blighted by made-up case-law citations that were either definitely or suspected to have been generated by AI. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Nurse jailed for murder of elderly patients faces wait in conviction appeal

Colin Campbell, formerly known as Colin Norris, was found guilty in 2008 of killing four women and attempting to kill a fifth.

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30 h. ago Court of Appeal should uphold nurse’s convictions, judges told

The Crown Prosecution Service is opposing the appeal of Colin Campbell.

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34 h. ago Foraged mushrooms, fatal doses and food binges: the week Erin Patterson told her story to triple murder trial

Accused told court the moment she realised she could be blamed for harming her in-laws came before they even diedAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn Erin Patterson’s telling, the moment she realised she could be blamed for harming her in-laws came before they even died.According to evidence Patterson gave at her triple-murder trial this week, she was in a Monash hospital room alone with her estranged husband, Simon, after their two children had left to buy food from a vending machine, when he asked her: “Is that how you poisoned my parents, using that dehydrator?”Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Greek tourist followed from London club and stabbed, court told

Greek tourist followed from London club and stabbed, court told  BBC

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54 h. ago ‘Significant deterioration’ in Eleanor Donaldson’s medical condition, court told

A lawyer said the court was waiting for an assessment over whether ex-DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s wife was fit to stand trial later this year.

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58 h. ago London council ordered to remove unlawful Low Traffic Neighbourhood that raked in £1 million in fines

The High Court told Lambeth Council it must remove the LTN in West Dulwich with immediate effect and denied it permission to appeal

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67 h. ago Cassie Ventura’s friend testifies Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs dangled her from balcony

Bryana Bongolan tells Manhattan jurors that the hip-hop mogul held her off Cassie’s 17th-floor apartment in 2016A woman testified on Wednesday in Sean “Diddy” Combs’s federal racketeering conspiracy and sex-trafficking trial that thehip-hop mogul dangled her from the balcony of a 17th-floor apartment in 2016.Bryana Bongolan, a longtime friend of Combs’s former girlfriend, singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, told jurors in Manhattan federal court that in September 2016 Combs showed up unannounced one morning at Ventura’s Los Angeles apartment, where she was staying at the time, and began banging on the door. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Nurse who murdered elderly patients has 'straightforward' appeal case, court told

Colin Campbell, formerly known as Colin Norris, was jailed for murdering four women at orthopaedic wards.

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2 d. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs dangled Cassie’s friend off balcony, jury hears

Bryana Bongolan tells Manhattan jurors that the hip-hop mogul held her off Cassie’s 17th-floor apartment in 2016Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs dangled a friend of his former girlfriend Casandra Ventura off the balcony of a 17th-floor apartment in September 2016, the friend testified on Wednesday at Combs’s sex-trafficking trial.Bryana Bongolan, Ventura’s friend, told jurors in Manhattan federal court that Combs then came up to her from behind on the balcony of Ventura’s Los Angeles apartment, lifted her up, and placed her on top of the balcony’s rail. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Hainault sword attack trial: Schoolboy Daniel Anjorin, 14, 'slain' during 'cannabis psychosis' rampage, court told

Trial begins of Marcus Arduini Monzo accused of murdering 14-year-old and attempted murder of four others in north London

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3 d. ago Couple subjected grandson to ‘pain and misery’ before his death, court told

'He was quiet and withdrawn, small and painfully thin', court hears

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3 d. ago Russia’s Wagner Group planned arson attack on London business with links to Ukraine, court is told

Russia’s Wagner Group planned arson attack on London business with links to Ukraine, court is told  ABC News

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3 d. ago Hainault sword attack trial: Schoolboy Daniel Anjorin, 14, 'slain' during man's 'cannabis psychosis' rampage, court told

Trial begins of Marcus Arduini Monzo accused of murdering 14-year-old and attempted murder of four others in north London

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3 d. ago Couple subjected grandson to ‘pain and misery’ before his murder, court told

Kerry and Michael Ives and their daughter Shannon Ives are standing trial at Mold Crown Court.

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3 d. ago Arsonists streamed attack on London StarLink warehouse for Wagner Group, court told

Jakeem Rose, 23, Ugnius Asmena, 20, Nii Mensah, 23 and Paul English, 61, were allegedly recruited to set fire to the warehouse

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3 d. ago Hainault attacks trial: Schoolboy Daniel Anjorin, 14, 'slain' by man with sword during 20 minute rampage, court told

Trial begins of Marcus Arduini Monzo accused of murdering 14-year-old and attempted murder of four others in north London

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3 d. ago ‘Is that how you poisoned my parents?’: Erin Patterson tells mushroom trial husband confronted her over dehydrator

Triple murder accused, who denies deliberately poisoning anyone, tells court she dumped dehydrator used to dry foraged mushrooms due to feeling ‘scared’ of child protection officers seeing itWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson has told a court her estranged husband asked her if she had used a dehydrator to poison his parents, and admitted resetting her phone out of fear police would discover photos she had of foraged mushrooms.In her third day in the witness box, Patterson also said she thinks there is a “possibility” that foraged mushrooms were unintentionally added to her beef wellington mixture as she tried to improve its “bland” flavour, and lied to her lunch guests about having cancer because she was embarrassed about planned weight loss surgery.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Erin Patterson accepts beef wellington served at fatal lunch contained death cap mushrooms, triple murder trial hears

Murder accused also tells jury she was never diagnosed with ovarian cancer and feels ‘ashamed’ of Facebook messages she wrote about her familyWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson has told a court that the majority of the mushrooms in a beef wellington dish served in her Leongatha home came from a local supermarket, but says she also accepts the dish contained death caps.Patterson also said in evidence that she wishes she never said to her Facebook friends in a private group chat “this family I swear to fucking god” in relation to her in-laws, saying she felt ashamed but hoped that sharing her frustrations would mean she had a “big cheer squad” for her problems. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘They didn’t deserve it’: emotional Erin Patterson tells murder trial of shame over messages about family

Murder accused also tells jury she was never diagnosed with ovarian cancer and had history of ‘consulting Dr Google’Erin Patterson trial LIVEWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Erin Patterson has told a court she wishes she never told her Facebook friends in a private group chat “this family I swear to fucking god” in relation to her in-laws, saying she felt ashamed but hoped that sharing her frustrations would mean she had a “big cheer squad” for her problems.Patterson also told the jury in her triple murder trial that she was never diagnosed with ovarian cancer and had a history of “consulting Dr Google”, and hoped to bring her family back together despite a formal separation with her estranged husband, Simon, seven years earlier. Continue reading...

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