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Purported Fictitious AI-Generated Citations in Supreme Court of Victoria Murder Case Filing Lead to Delay and King's Counsel Apology
- Occurred
- Aug 13, 2025
- Published
- Aug 15, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Australian defense lawyer Rishi Nathwani KC reportedly filed submissions in a Supreme Court of Victoria murder case that included allegedly fictitious quotes and nonexistent case citations purportedly generated by AI. The errors were reportedly discovered by the judge's associates, causing a 24-hour delay in the proceedings. Nathwani apologized in court, taking full responsibility, while Justice James Elliott criticized the incident and reiterated that AI outputs must be independently verified.
Developers
- Generative AI developers
Deployers
- Rishi Nathwani
Harmed parties
- Accused minor in Victoria state murder case
- Rishi Nathwani
- Daniel Porceddu
- James Elliott
- Supreme Court of Victoria
- Judicial integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI-generated hallucinations in legal filings caused court delays and required apology.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8