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Fabricated: Case Law | Applicant cited a non-existent Tribunal decision 'Law Society of Ontario v. Mercer, 2024 ONLSTH 136'; hyperlink actually led to Deokaran (the Mercer decision does not exist). Outcome: Adverse Costs Order. Earlier decision is here.
Why the court cared
The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is Adverse Costs Order; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
Why it matters now
This matter connects fake citations and misrepresented authority involving Grok with Adverse Costs Order in Law Society Tribunal (ON), making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Case Law | Applicant cited a non-existent Tribunal decision 'Law Society of Ontario v. Mercer, 2024 ONLSTH 136'; hyperlink actually led to Deokaran (the Mercer decision does not exist). Outcome: Adverse Costs Order. Earlier decision is here.
Operational lesson
This matter connects fake citations and misrepresented authority involving Grok with Adverse Costs Order in Law Society Tribunal (ON), making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Record details
CourtLaw Society Tribunal (ON)
Jurisdictioninternational
CircuitNot recorded
DateJun 12, 2026
GR
AI toolGrok
Party typeLawyer
OutcomeAdverse Costs Order
Known amountNot recorded
Professional sanctionNo
Attribution boundary
What the record establishes about AI use
reported
Grok is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
Procedural posture
Adverse Costs Order
Correction behavior
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 | Applicant cited a non-existent Tribunal decision 'Law Society of Ontario v. Mercer, 2024 ONLSTH 136'; hyperlink actually led to Deokaran (the Mercer decision does not exist).
Fabricated: Case Law | Applicant cited 'Law Society of Ontario v. Kokavessis, 2020 ONLSTH 49' which does not exist; the link in the factum led to a different decision (Sayers).
Misrepresented: Case Law | Applicant asserted that 'sanctions were imposed for procedural excesses' citing para 29 of Marusic, but para 29 is a neutral factual statement and does not support the claimed proposition.
Misrepresented: Legal Norm | Applicant repeatedly invoked Tribunal Rules (e.g., Rules 2.1, 7.7, 11.1) to support substantive legal propositions, though the Rules are procedural and thus were misapplied.
Questions this record answers
What happened in Mazaheri v Law Society of Ontario?
Fabricated: Case Law | Applicant cited a non-existent Tribunal decision 'Law Society of Ontario v. Mercer, 2024 ONLSTH 136'; hyperlink actually led to Deokaran (the Mercer decision does not exist). Outcome: Adverse Costs Order. Earlier decision is here.
Why does Mazaheri v Law Society of Ontario matter for legal AI risk?
This matter connects fake citations and misrepresented authority involving Grok with Adverse Costs Order in Law Society Tribunal (ON), making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
What does the public record establish about Mazaheri v Law Society of Ontario?
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 Mazaheri v Law Society of Ontario 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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