A. P. v. S. K.
Record source: imported from Damien Charlotin’s AI Hallucination Cases Database (CC BY 4.0); document hosted in his archive: open the upstream document. What AI Vortex adds.
CA Québec · Aug 11, 2026
What happened in this matter?
Fabricated: Case Law | Memorandum cited two non-existent Supreme Court judgments generated by AI and attributed legal principles to them; Court found the judgments do not exist. Outcome: Monetary Sanction.
- Why the court cared
- The structured public record identifies pro se and fake citations and records Monetary Sanction. The linked source controls the precise reasoning and procedural context.
- Why it matters now
- This matter connects pro se and fake citations with Monetary Sanction in CA Québec. It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Case Law | Memorandum cited two non-existent Supreme Court judgments generated by AI and attributed legal principles to them; Court found the judgments do not exist. Outcome: Monetary Sanction.
This matter connects pro se and fake citations with Monetary Sanction in CA Québec. It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Record details
What the record establishes about AI use
ChatGPT is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
Monetary Sanction
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
4 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Memorandum cited two non-existent Supreme Court judgments generated by AI and attributed legal principles to them; Court found the judgments do not exist.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Memorandum cited two non-existent lower court judgments generated by AI and quoted purported holdings from them; Court found the judgments do not exist.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant reproduced specific quotations of legal principles attributed to the fabricated decisions; Court determined the quotations were invented along with the decisions.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant acknowledged the authorities and quotations were produced by ChatGPT and that some were removed from his book of authorities; Court found he nonetheless filed a memorandum containing fabricated references.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in A. P. v. S. K.?
- Fabricated: Case Law | Memorandum cited two non-existent Supreme Court judgments generated by AI and attributed legal principles to them; Court found the judgments do not exist. Outcome: Monetary Sanction.
- Why does A. P. v. S. K. matter for legal AI risk?
- This matter connects pro se and fake citations with Monetary Sanction in CA Québec. It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.
- What does the public record establish about A. P. v. S. K.?
- The record summarizes the outcome described in the linked public source. The recorded document is hosted in the upstream publisher archive. This page is not a substitute for the complete docket, subsequent history, or jurisdiction-specific advice.
- Which source supports this A. P. v. S. K. summary?
- The recorded source is Damien Charlotin case archive. It is classified as publisher document archive; review the linked material and subsequent docket history before relying on this summary.
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