Dey v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (No 2)
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) · Sep 14, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- international
- Court
- Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2)
- Record ID
- dey-v-minister-for-immigration-and-citizenship-no-2-2026-09-14
- Observed outcome
- Personal costs order of AUD 9,600 against the lawyer; no referral to the regulator; lawyer publicly named and reprimanded through the reasons and orders.
- Known monetary consequence
- $1
Why this matter warrants attention
Fabricated: Case Law | Six authorities cited in the judicial review submissions were admitted to be hallucinated after the Court questioned whether they existed. The Court treated their filing as improper conduct and a breach of the lawyer's duty to the Court. Outcome: Personal costs order of AUD 9,600 against the lawyer; no referral to the regulator; lawyer publicly named and reprimanded through the reasons and orders.. The lawyer admitted using generative AI to prepare judicial review submissions and a costs submission. The Court found that six authorities in the judicial review submissions and five authorities in the costs submissions were hallucinated, while other cited authorities did not support the propositions for which they were cited. The Court itself identified the problem and had to fact-check the submissions. It held that filing unverified or hallucinated authorities breached the lawyer's duty to the Court, caused delay and additional costs, and compromised the administration of justice. The Court ordered the lawyer to pay AUD 9,600 in costs, declined to refer him to the regulator, and publicly identified him in the judgment.
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Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Appellate
- Monetary
- Bar Referral
- Professional
- AI attribution
- Not Established
- Recorded tool
- Unidentified
- Known monetary consequence
- $1
- Procedural posture
- Personal costs order of AUD 9,600 against the lawyer; no referral to the regulator; lawyer publicly named and reprimanded through the reasons and orders.
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