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Ensuring the Integrity of Court Submissions When Using Generative Artificial Intelligence

Supreme Court of Nova Scotia · Nova Scotia

last revised 2025-02-28last verified 2026-09-041 versioncountry page →

Practice direction / noteIn forceVerification duty

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A notice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia issued on 28 February 2025 on ensuring the integrity of court submissions when generative AI is used. It requires anyone filing materials to verify authorities and analysis derived from generative AI against authoritative sources before those materials are submitted.

Applies to
lawyers, litigants, parties
Effective
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Current version
Original · 28 Feb 2025
Last verified
04 Sept 2026
Official text
courts.ns.ca/sites/default/files/notices/Oct%202023/NSSC_Artificial_In…

What the document requires

  • Authorities and analysis derived from generative AI must be verified against authoritative sources.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Originalcurrent2025-02-28Recorded from the court's notice listing; the PDF was not read in full, so this record is unverified.official

Sources

Cite this record

SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Ensuring the Integrity of Court Submissions When Using Generative Artificial Intelligence" (Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Original, 2025-02-28), safelegalai.com/regulation/canada/ca-ns-supreme-court-ai-notice (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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