AI hallucination cases in Australia
Pasuengos v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
[2025] FedCFamC2G 2129
| Detail | What the trackers record |
|---|---|
| Court | Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) |
| Jurisdiction | Commonwealth |
| Date | 22 December 2025 |
| Who used AI | Lawyer |
| Tool named by the trackers | Not named |
| Sanction for the AI use | No professional sanction |
| Outcome | Not confirmed. The trackers record an order to show cause; it was not in the judgment extract checked on 10 Oct 2026. |
| Citation | [2025] FedCFamC2G 2129 |
Summary from the trackers
OBITER
The Applicant’s legal counsel filed an outline of written submissions referring to a number of authorities that do not exist (see [27]–[28]). Counsel conceded that the cited authorities did not exist and were unable to be provided ([30]). On behalf of the Applicant’s solicitors, counsel admitted that the submissions had been generated using artificial intelligence and that the solicitors had failed to verify the cited cases ([30]). Gerrard J said (at [31]): ‘[t]he issues arising from the represe
The tracker extract ends in the middle of a sentence.
Court AI rules
Sources
- OBITER AI Hallucination Cases: Australia
- AustLII
- AI Hallucination Cases Database, Damien Charlotin (CC BY 4.0)
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