AI hallucination cases in Australia
Khoury v Kooij
[2025] QSC 217
Also recorded as Mark Khoury v Nira Kooij.
| Detail | What the trackers record |
|---|---|
| Court | Supreme Court of Queensland |
| Jurisdiction | Queensland |
| Date | 3 September 2025 |
| Who used AI | Self-represented |
| Tool named by the trackers | Not named |
| Sanction for the AI use | No professional sanction |
| Outcome | Application dismissed |
| Citation | [2025] QSC 217 |
Summary from the trackers
OBITER
Litigant in person’s (Applicant’s) use of generative AI that produced hallucinations: citing false names and cases, fabricating quotes in written submissions, and referring to a non‑existent legislative sub‑paragraph ([15]–[17]).
Charlotin database
Fabricated: Case Law | Applicant relied on a case name (redacted) purportedly reported at [2017] QSC 105 and quoted from it; the Court could not find the cited name or the quoted passage. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Applicant cited Macedonian Orthodox Community Church St Petka v His Eminence Petar [2008] HCA 42 and relied on paragraph [123] for a proposition; the case exists but paragraph [123] does not support the point advanced. || Fabricated: Case Law | Applicant referred to two further cas
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Court AI rules
Sources
- OBITER AI Hallucination Cases: Australia
- sclqld.org.au
- AI Hallucination Cases Database, Damien Charlotin (CC BY 4.0)
- Judgment copy cited by the Charlotin database
All AI hallucination cases in Australia · Queensland · Court AI practice notes