As a SENDIAS service, we work closely with the National Information, Advice and Support Service Network (IASSN). The IASS Network is based within the Council for Disabled Children in the National Children’s Bureau.
IASSN has recently published a short statement, which advises on the risks associated with using artificial intelligence tools in relation to the law and accessing legal guidance:
“Parent/carers, children and young people have the right to access information, advice and support where they choose, including the use of artificial intelligence tools.
However, IASSN’s position is that artificial intelligence does not provide an accurate or reliable source of information and guidance on the law. The risk of incorrect or misleading legal information being provided to parent/carers, children and young people who make use of such tools is high.
The High Court of Justice issued a regulatory warning in 2025 against the misuse of artificial intelligence in legal cases:
“Freely available generative artificial intelligence tools, trained on a large language model such as ChatGPT are not capable of conducting reliable legal research. Such tools can produce apparently coherent and plausible responses to prompts, but those coherent and plausible responses may turn out to be entirely incorrect. The responses may make confident assertions that are simply untrue. They may cite sources that do not exist. They may purport to quote passages from a genuine source that do not appear in that source. ”1
1 Ayinde v London Borough of Haringey and Al-Haroun v Qatar National Bank [2025] EWHC 1383 (Admin),
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Parent/carers, children and young people have a right to access free and impartial information, advice and support from trained SEND specialists via their local SENDIAS service. You can find details of the local service on the Council for Disabled Children website.”