Oxford Hotel Investments Ltd v Great Yarmouth Borough Council
Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) · Nov 24, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- international
- Court
- Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber)
- Record ID
- oxford-hotel-investments-ltd-v-great-yarmouth-borough-council-2025-11-24
- Observed outcome
- The appeal was dismissed, and the Tribunal upheld the First-tier Tribunal's decision that the building is an HMO.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The Tribunal determined that the appellant's reliance on Barker v Shokar [2014] UKUT 17 (LC) was based on an AI-generated hallucination. The Tribunal explicitly stated that the cited passage did not exist in the original judgment and cautioned against the use of AI for legal research without verification.
False Quotes: Case Law | Appellant cited [18] of Barker v Shokar as holding a microwave satisfied the statutory definition; the Tribunal found the passage did not say that and that the misleading citation was produced by AI.
UK tribunals now call out AI-generated misquotations by name — treat false quotes as seriously as fake cases.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fabricated Quotes
- Administrative
- Trial
- None Adjudicated
- AI attribution
- Admitted
- Recorded tool
- Unidentified
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Appeal to the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) from a decision of the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) confirming an HMO declaration.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The judge identified the misleading citation as a product of AI.
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Latest evidence review: Primary Document Verified (high confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Confirm that every authority actually supports the proposition for which it is offered.