Stelian Gheorghe v (1) BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates LLP (2) Jimmy Haoula
DIFC Court of First Instance · Oct 28, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- international
- Court
- DIFC Court of First Instance
- Record ID
- stelian-gheorghe-v-1-bsa-ahmad-bin-hezeem-associates-llp-2-jimmy-haoula-2025-10-
- Observed outcome
- Proceedings stayed in favor of arbitration; Claimant ordered to pay Defendants' costs.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The DIFC Court stayed the proceedings in favor of arbitration and ordered the Claimant to pay the Defendants' costs. The Court criticized the Claimant's witness statement for containing fabricated and misrepresented legal authorities, noting these errors were serious and potentially AI-generated.
Fabricated: Case Law | Witness statement filed (by Mr Robert Kravitz) contained non-existent authorities identified by the Defendants; Court noted these were serious errors. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Claimant relied on Fiona Trust but attributed a proposition to it that the Court found absent from the case. || Misrepresented: Case Law | Claimant relied on DNB Bank ASA v Gulf Eyadah for a proposition the Court found not present in that authority.
Witness statements are not exempt from citation verification — DIFC will tag the firm, not just the witness.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Misrepresented Authority
- Contract
- Trial
- Monetary
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- The Court of First Instance granted the Defendants' applications to stay proceedings in favor of arbitration and ordered the Claimant to pay the Defendants' costs.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
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Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify each cited authority, quotation, and proposition against the underlying source before filing.
- Assign a responsible reviewer for AI-assisted research and drafting.
- Retain a matter-level record of source checks and corrections.