Kaur v RMIT
SC Victoria (CA) · Nov 11, 2024
What happened in this matter?
The Court of Appeal identified that the applicant's written submissions contained fabricated case citations, likely generated by an LLM. The judge explicitly omitted these non-existent citations from the court's reasons to prevent the further dissemination of hallucinated legal authority.
- Why the court cared
- The judge determined that the application for leave to appeal was totally without merit because it sought to re-litigate factual findings rather than raising questions of law. Regarding the AI-generated content, the judge reasoned that omitting the fabricated citations from the judgment was necessary to avoid contributing to the problem of LLMs inventing case law.
- Why it matters now
- Appellate courts now silently strip fake citations from reasons — the record memorializes the failure anyway.
Why this matter is tracked
In an application for leave to appeal a decision regarding a deed of settlement, the Supreme Court of Victoria (Court of Appeal) refused the application, finding it totally without merit. The applicant, appearing pro se, submitted materials that appeared to be drafted using a large language model (LLM) such as ChatGPT. These materials contained multiple fabricated case citations. The Court of Appeal judge explicitly noted the presence of these non-existent citations in the applicant's written submissions and stated that they were omitted from the judicial reasons to avoid perpetuating the issue of AI-generated hallucinations in legal records. The court affirmed that the underlying dispute regarding the validity of the settlement deed involved factual findings that did not raise questions of law.
Appellate courts now silently strip fake citations from reasons — the record memorializes the failure anyway.
Record details
What the record establishes about AI use
The judge noted the documents appeared to be drafted with an LLM such as ChatGPT.
Application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Victoria (Court of Appeal) from a decision of the trial division, which had dismissed an appeal from the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).
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 | Applicant's written materials (apparently drafted with LLM such as ChatGPT) contained multiple non-existent case citations; the Court omitted those fabricated citations from the reasons.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Kaur v RMIT?
- The Court of Appeal identified that the applicant's written submissions contained fabricated case citations, likely generated by an LLM. The judge explicitly omitted these non-existent citations from the court's reasons to prevent the further dissemination of hallucinated legal authority.
- Why does Kaur v RMIT matter for legal AI risk?
- Appellate courts now silently strip fake citations from reasons — the record memorializes the failure anyway.
- What does the public record establish about Kaur v RMIT?
- 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 Kaur v RMIT 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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