Rajabi c. Lassalle
TAL Montréal · Nov 1, 2024
- Jurisdiction
- international
- Court
- TAL Montréal
- Record ID
- rajabi-c-lassalle-2024-11-01
- Observed outcome
- The Tribunal authorized the repossession of the dwelling effective February 1, 2025, and ordered the landlords to pay the tenant a $3,000 indemnity.
- Known monetary consequence
- CA$3,000
Why this matter warrants attention
The Tribunal administratif du logement authorized the landlords' repossession request after finding the tenant's cited legal authorities were untraceable. The court did not impose sanctions for the citations, nor did it explicitly attribute the untraceable references to AI, though the case is tracked for the presence of hallucinated legal citations in a pro se filing.
The tribunal applied the statutory repossession test to the parties’ evidence; the untraceable references did not substitute for that analysis.
This primary decision contains untraceable authorities in a fact-driven housing dispute without an AI finding.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Administrative
- Trial
- None Adjudicated
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- CA$3,000
- Procedural posture
- Adjudicated repossession application heard by the Tribunal administratif du logement on October 9, 2024, with a final decision issued on November 1, 2024.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The source identifies the citations as untraceable, implying potential AI involvement without explicit confirmation.
The tribunal called two references untraceable; it did not call them AI-generated.
Latest evidence review: Primary Document Verified (high confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify CanLII identifiers and abbreviations.
- Do not let citations replace factual credibility evidence.
- Avoid labeling an error AI-generated without a source basis.