Kibondo-Kilongozi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2026 FC 928
·Federal Court of Canada·CAWarning
In a judicial review in the Federal Court of Canada concerning a Congolese child's adoption-based visa, Justice Gascon expressly found that a Federal Court of Appeal decision cited by the applicants' counsel did not exist. The finding accompanied criticism of counsel's non-compliance with scheduling orders, though the court recorded no separate costs sanction for the fabricated citation.
- Court
- Federal Court of Canada
- Date
- 2026-07-10
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Counsel for an adoptive family seeking judicial review of a visa decision cited a nonexistent Federal Court of Appeal decision. The court also criticised counsel's late filings as unacceptable and reprehensible.
- Outcome
- Warning
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Verified against listed sources
- Last checked
- 2026-09-03
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Kibondo-Kilongozi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2026 FC 928”, safelegalai.com/tracker/kibondo-kilongozi-v-canada (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.