Scanlan v Pintplace Limited and William Cooper McIntosh
Record source: imported from Damien Charlotin’s AI Hallucination Cases Database (CC BY 4.0), which credits Natural & Artificial Intelligence in Law; linked document: naturalandartificiallaw.com. What AI Vortex adds.
Scotland Employment Tribunals · Mar 26, 2026
What happened in this matter?
False Quotes: Case Law | A quotation attributed to the Master of the Rolls in Ridehalgh concerning the need to prove that costs had been incurred was presented as part of that judgment, but the Tribunal found that the quotation was not in Ridehalgh. The actual passage only addressed the need to establish a causal link between misconduct and wasted costs. Outcome: Adverse Costs Order.
- Why the court cared
- The structured public record identifies fake citations and fabricated quotes and records Adverse Costs Order. The linked source controls the precise reasoning and procedural context.
- Why it matters now
- This matter connects fake citations and fabricated quotes with Adverse Costs Order in Scotland Employment Tribunals. It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Why this matter is tracked
False Quotes: Case Law | A quotation attributed to the Master of the Rolls in Ridehalgh concerning the need to prove that costs had been incurred was presented as part of that judgment, but the Tribunal found that the quotation was not in Ridehalgh. The actual passage only addressed the need to establish a causal link between misconduct and wasted costs. Outcome: Adverse Costs Order.
This matter connects fake citations and fabricated quotes with Adverse Costs Order in Scotland Employment Tribunals. It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Record details
What the record establishes about AI use
The current record does not establish a specific AI tool. Do not infer AI use beyond the source.
Adverse Costs Order
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.
- False Quotes: Case Law | A quotation attributed to the Master of the Rolls in Ridehalgh concerning the need to prove that costs had been incurred was presented as part of that judgment, but the Tribunal found that the quotation was not in Ridehalgh. The actual passage only addressed the need to establish a causal link between misconduct and wasted costs.
- Misrepresented: Case Law | The parties cited R (Factortame Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport (No. 8) for propositions about costs under a pre-existing insurance arrangement and relied on a quotation said to appear at paragraph 17. The Tribunal held that the case instead concerned the recoverability and validity of an expert accountancy firm’s contingent fee arrangement and that the quoted passage was not in the judgment.
- Misrepresented: Exhibits & Submissions | Mr Duffy’s submissions attributed his fee-arrangement statement to an email of 14 August 2024 and added wording that no fees beyond the retainer were charged. The Tribunal found that no 14 August email existed; the relevant email was dated 13 August 2024 and did not contain the quoted wording.
- Fabricated: Case Law | The Tribunal recorded that the parties’ submissions included case law which did not exist, quotations never made in the cited judgments, misstated rules, and inaccurate case-law summaries. No individual nonexistent citation was identified by name in the decision.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Scanlan v Pintplace Limited and William Cooper McIntosh?
- False Quotes: Case Law | A quotation attributed to the Master of the Rolls in Ridehalgh concerning the need to prove that costs had been incurred was presented as part of that judgment, but the Tribunal found that the quotation was not in Ridehalgh. The actual passage only addressed the need to establish a causal link between misconduct and wasted costs. Outcome: Adverse Costs Order.
- Why does Scanlan v Pintplace Limited and William Cooper McIntosh matter for legal AI risk?
- This matter connects fake citations and fabricated quotes with Adverse Costs Order in Scotland Employment Tribunals. It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.
- What does the public record establish about Scanlan v Pintplace Limited and William Cooper McIntosh?
- The record summarizes the outcome described in the linked public source. The recorded link is a secondary public source and should be checked against the docket where available. This page is not a substitute for the complete docket, subsequent history, or jurisdiction-specific advice.
- Which source supports this Scanlan v Pintplace Limited and William Cooper McIntosh summary?
- The recorded source is naturalandartificiallaw.com. It is classified as secondary or other linked source; review the linked material and subsequent docket history before relying on this summary.
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