The Ju­di­cia­ry has in­tro­duced a Prac­tice Di­rec­tion gov­ern­ing the use of gen­er­a­tive ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence in court pro­ceed­ings, aimed at en­sur­ing AI is used re­spon­si­bly and eth­i­cal­ly. Is­sued by Chief Jus­tice Ron­nie Boodoos­ingh on Ju­ly 7, the rules took ef­fect on Ju­ly 8.

They al­low AI for lim­it­ed draft­ing, re­search and ad­min­is­tra­tive tasks but re­quire users to ver­i­fy all facts and le­gal au­thor­i­ties in­de­pen­dent­ly. AI can­not gen­er­ate ev­i­dence or re­place ju­di­cial or le­gal judg­ment. Court users must dis­close when AI has been used in prepar­ing doc­u­ments, while judges may im­pose sanc­tions for mis­use. The di­rec­tion al­so re­stricts AI use in draft­ing judg­ments.