R. v. Chand, 2025 ONCJ 282
·Ontario Court of Justice·CAOtherunverified
In Ontario, in the criminal trial R. v. Chand, defence counsel is reported to have filed final submissions containing a fictitious citation and unrelated authorities consistent with generative AI. Justice Kenkel rejected the submissions and directed counsel to prepare a fresh set with pinpoint citations and no generative-AI use. The primary judgment remains to be confirmed.
- Court
- Ontario Court of Justice
- Date
- 2025-05-26
- Who used the AI
- Not recorded
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- In a criminal trial, defence counsel is reported to have filed written final submissions containing a fictitious citation, case law that did not support the points cited, and unrelated civil cases — errors consistent with generative AI. The judge rejected the submissions and ordered counsel to prepare a new set without any generative AI.
- Outcome
- Other
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Unverified — pending primary-source confirmation
- Last checked
- Not separately recorded
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “R. v. Chand, 2025 ONCJ 282”, safelegalai.com/tracker/r-v-chand (accessed 2026-09-16). Data: CC BY 4.0.