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Nikolic & Anor v Nationwide News Pty Ltd & Anor
SC Victoria · May 23, 2025
AustraliaEditorial impact: lowpro sefake citationstorttrial
Direct answer
What happened in this matter?
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs relied on 'R v Smith (1983) 1 VR 665, 668' for a costs proposition; the Court found that citation was misattributed—the report at that citation is Karenlee Nominees Pty Ltd v Gollin & Co Ltd [1983] 1 VR 657—not the cited R v Smith.
- Why the court cared
- The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is the response recorded in the linked source; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
- Why it matters now
- Victoria Supreme Court treated three AI-fabricated authorities from pro-se plaintiffs as non-existent; no sanction but credibility destroyed.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs relied on 'R v Smith (1983) 1 VR 665, 668' for a costs proposition; the Court found that citation was misattributed—the report at that citation is Karenlee Nominees Pty Ltd v Gollin & Co Ltd [1983] 1 VR 657—not the cited R v Smith.
Operational lesson
Victoria Supreme Court treated three AI-fabricated authorities from pro-se plaintiffs as non-existent; no sanction but credibility destroyed.
Record details
CourtSC Victoria
Jurisdictioninternational
Circuit4th Circuit
DateMay 23, 2025
AI
AI toolAI (implied, unspecified)
Party typePro Se Litigant
OutcomeSee source
Known amountNot recorded
Professional sanctionNo
Attribution boundary
What the record establishes about AI use
reported
AI (implied, unspecified) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
Procedural posture
Procedural posture is not separately recorded in the current dataset.
Correction behavior
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
3 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs relied on 'R v Smith (1983) 1 VR 665, 668' for a costs proposition; the Court found that citation was misattributed—the report at that citation is Karenlee Nominees Pty Ltd v Gollin & Co Ltd [1983] 1 VR 657—not the cited R v Smith.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs relied on 'DZY v State of Victoria [2020] VSC 613', which the Court could not find and treated as a probable AI-generated, non-existent authority.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs cited 'Melbourne City Investments Pty Limited v Treasury Wine Estates Limited (No 5) [2017] VSC 216', a decision the Court could not locate and concluded did not appear to exist.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Nikolic & Anor v Nationwide News Pty Ltd & Anor?
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiffs relied on 'R v Smith (1983) 1 VR 665, 668' for a costs proposition; the Court found that citation was misattributed—the report at that citation is Karenlee Nominees Pty Ltd v Gollin & Co Ltd [1983] 1 VR 657—not the cited R v Smith.
- Why does Nikolic & Anor v Nationwide News Pty Ltd & Anor matter for legal AI risk?
- Victoria Supreme Court treated three AI-fabricated authorities from pro-se plaintiffs as non-existent; no sanction but credibility destroyed.
- What does the public record establish about Nikolic & Anor v Nationwide News Pty Ltd & Anor?
- 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 Nikolic & Anor v Nationwide News Pty Ltd & Anor 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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