Bahrani v Peters
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 Saskatchewan · Jan 5, 2026
What happened in this matter?
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's written submissions cited 14 reported decisions; court found 13 were non-existent or had mismatched neutral citations and did not support the propositions; court imposed $3,000 costs to Ms. Peters for time spent locating non-existent cases. Outcome: Misuse of AI taken into account in reducing costs owed.
- Why the court cared
- Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's written submissions cited 14 reported decisions; court found 13 were non-existent or had mismatched neutral citations and did not support the propositions; court imposed $3,000 costs to Ms. Peters for time spent locating non-existent cases.
- Why it matters now
- Appellate courts count non-existent citations one by one and impose opposing-counsel time costs.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's written submissions cited 14 reported decisions; court found 13 were non-existent or had mismatched neutral citations and did not support the propositions; court imposed $3,000 costs to Ms. Peters for time spent locating non-existent cases. Outcome: Misuse of AI taken into account in reducing costs owed.
Appellate courts count non-existent citations one by one and impose opposing-counsel time costs.
Record details
Amount read from the primary court record (2026-10-24): open the court record.
What the record establishes about AI use
The current record does not establish a specific AI tool. Do not infer AI use beyond the source.
Misuse of AI taken into account in reducing costs owed
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
1 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's written submissions cited 14 reported decisions; court found 13 were non-existent or had mismatched neutral citations and did not support the propositions; court imposed $3,000 costs to Ms. Peters for time spent locating non-existent cases.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Bahrani v Peters?
- Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's written submissions cited 14 reported decisions; court found 13 were non-existent or had mismatched neutral citations and did not support the propositions; court imposed $3,000 costs to Ms. Peters for time spent locating non-existent cases. Outcome: Misuse of AI taken into account in reducing costs owed.
- Why does Bahrani v Peters matter for legal AI risk?
- Appellate courts count non-existent citations one by one and impose opposing-counsel time costs.
- What does the public record establish about Bahrani v Peters?
- Retained unchanged after audit: the existing summary is source-specific, non-placeholder, and supported by the recorded source link. Read the underlying source before relying on it for legal advice or a filing.
- Which source supports this Bahrani v Peters 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.
Related matters
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