Your Home Partners v. Kellichan
Sheriffdom of Tayside · Jan 19, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- international
- Court
- Sheriffdom of Tayside
- Record ID
- your-home-partners-v-kellichan-2026-01-19
- Observed outcome
- Claim dismissed for lack of jurisdiction; court issued a warning regarding the use of unverified AI-generated legal research.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court dismissed the claim for lack of jurisdiction, ruling that the First-tier Tribunal has exclusive competence over rent arrears arising from private residential tenancies. The court issued a warning regarding the claimant's reckless use of AI-generated legal research, which produced fabricated statutes and case law, though it declined to initiate formal contempt proceedings.
Fabricated: Legal Norm | Claimant lodged extract purporting to be 'Small Claims (Scotland) Rules – Section 41a' which does not exist; court determined the rule was fabricated. || Fabricated: Legal Norm | Claimant lodged extract purporting to be 'Interest on Debts (Scotland) Act 1985 – Section 1' which does not exist; court determined the statute/extract was fabricated. || Fabricated: Case Law | Claimant cited FtT determination reference FTS/HPC/CV/19/3145; court and FtT found no such decision exists. || Fabricated: Case Law | Claimant cited FtT determination reference FTS/HPC/CV/20/0624; court and FtT found no such decision exists.
Fabricated statutes are now appearing alongside fake cases—verify the existence of the statute section, not just the case number.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Contract
- Trial
- Warning
- AI attribution
- Admitted
- Recorded tool
- Unidentified
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Simple procedure claim for rent arrears dismissed by the Sheriff Court for lack of jurisdiction.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The claimant admitted to using online Artificial Intelligence.
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Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify each cited authority, quotation, and proposition against the underlying source before filing.