Hussein v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship), 2025 FC 1060

pendingunverified — pending primary-source confirmation

In Canada's Federal Court, applicant's counsel in an immigration matter is reported to have relied on the AI tool Visto.ai, which hallucinated the governing legal test and two non-existent cases, and to have concealed the AI use. The court reportedly found a special reason for costs and signalled personal liability; the primary judgment remains to be confirmed.

Date of decision/order: 2025-06-01
Court: Federal Court of Canada
Jurisdiction: CANADA
AI tool: Visto.ai (reported)
Conduct: Applicant's counsel is reported to have relied on the immigration-law AI tool Visto.ai, which hallucinated two non-existent cases and mis-cited a real case for the governing legal test, and to have concealed the AI use. The court reportedly found a special reason for costs and signalled counsel may pay personally. [Exact date and details pending primary — CanLII CAPTCHA-blocked; absent from Federal Court Decisia.]
Consequence: See outcome

Sources

Hussein v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 1060 (CanLII) — primary not machine-readable (CanLII CAPTCHA); corroborated by McCarthy Tétrault, Gowling WLG, Bennett Jones, Slaw

Cite this incident

SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, "Hussein v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship), 2025 FC 1060", safelegalai.com/tracker/hussein-v-canada (accessed 2026-07-16). Data: CC BY 4.0.