Brian Flanagan

associate professor of law, Maynooth University

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“This was used as a legal source to argue for the prosecution of a child and that legal source doesn’t exist: that’s a serious failure”

‘A serious failure’: CPS prosecutor cites imaginary case to high court after AI searchThe Guardian, November 3, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. Flanagan, who investigates judges' use of AI, responding to the CPS lawyer's citation of a nonexistent case in a High Court dispute over prosecuting a child.

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Nov 3
NewsThe GuardianSpeaks
‘A serious failure’: CPS prosecutor cites imaginary case to high court after AI search
The Guardian reports that a senior Crown Prosecution Service lawyer cited a nonexistent case in the High Court in a dispute over prosecuting an 11-year-old, and that the reference is understood to have come from an AI summary in an internet search. The CPS says it reviewed the error.