AI hallucination cases in Australia

Khoury v Kooij

[2025] QSC 217

Also recorded as Mark Khoury v Nira Kooij.

Khoury v Kooij [2025] QSC 217
DetailWhat the trackers record
CourtSupreme Court of Queensland
JurisdictionQueenslandQueensland forum
Date3 September 2025
Who used AISelf-represented
Tool named by the trackersNot named
Sanction for the AI useNo professional sanction
OutcomeApplication 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

All AI hallucination cases in Australia · Queensland · Court AI practice notes