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Legal AI incidents · New Zealand

1 verified incidents · as of 2026-02-11

1. 2026-02-11Dismissal

   Jones v Family Court at Whangārei [2026] NZSC 1

   New Zealand's Supreme Court dismissed a self-represented litigant's leave application after his submissions cited hallucinated authorities from an AI application — real case names with wrong citations and misattributed cases. The Court awarded NZ$500 costs and warned that reliance on unverified AI outputs may, in serious cases, amount to obstruction of justice or contempt of court.

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