CX v Secretary of State for Justice
Record source: imported from Damien Charlotin’s AI Hallucination Cases Database (CC BY 4.0), which credits Natural & Artificial Intelligence in Law; linked document: naturalandartificiallaw.com. What AI Vortex adds.
Reading Employment Tribunal · Jun 15, 2026
What happened in this matter?
Fabricated: Case Law | Five of the six cases cited by the Claimant in support of an extension of time could not be identified because they did not exist. The Tribunal accepted the Respondent's submission that they were fabricated authorities.
- Why the court cared
- The structured public record identifies pro se and fake citations and records a recorded judicial or procedural response. The linked source controls the precise reasoning and procedural context.
- Why it matters now
- This matter connects pro se and fake citations with a recorded judicial or procedural response in Reading Employment Tribunal. It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Case Law | Five of the six cases cited by the Claimant in support of an extension of time could not be identified because they did not exist. The Tribunal accepted the Respondent's submission that they were fabricated authorities.
This matter connects pro se and fake citations with a recorded judicial or procedural response in Reading Employment Tribunal. It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Record details
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Tracked discrepancy record
2 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Five of the six cases cited by the Claimant in support of an extension of time could not be identified because they did not exist. The Tribunal accepted the Respondent's submission that they were fabricated authorities.
- Misrepresented: Case Law | The genuine authority Barber v Somerset CC was cited as supporting an extension of time where crucial evidence had been withheld, but the Tribunal found that it concerned a different subject matter and did not support the proposition for which it was relied upon.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in CX v Secretary of State for Justice?
- Fabricated: Case Law | Five of the six cases cited by the Claimant in support of an extension of time could not be identified because they did not exist. The Tribunal accepted the Respondent's submission that they were fabricated authorities.
- Why does CX v Secretary of State for Justice matter for legal AI risk?
- This matter connects pro se and fake citations with a recorded judicial or procedural response in Reading Employment Tribunal. It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.
- What does the public record establish about CX v Secretary of State for Justice?
- The record summarizes the outcome described in the linked public source. The recorded link is a secondary public source and should be checked against the docket where available. This page is not a substitute for the complete docket, subsequent history, or jurisdiction-specific advice.
- Which source supports this CX v Secretary of State for Justice summary?
- The recorded source is naturalandartificiallaw.com. It is classified as secondary or other linked source; review the linked material and subsequent docket history before relying on this summary.
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