Specter Aviation Limited c. Laprade, 2025 QCCS 3521
·Cour supérieure du Québec (Quebec Superior Court)·CAFineunverified
In Quebec, a self-represented litigant in Specter Aviation c. Laprade is reported to have filed a contestation containing eight AI-generated fabricated or irrelevant citations produced with ChatGPT. The Quebec Superior Court reportedly imposed a CAD $5,000 penalty under article 342 of the Code of Civil Procedure, reportedly Quebec's first AI-misuse sanction. The primary judgment remains to be confirmed.
- Court
- Cour supérieure du Québec (Quebec Superior Court)
- Date
- 2025-10-01
- Who used the AI
- Not recorded
- AI tool
- ChatGPT (reported)
- Conduct
- A self-represented litigant opposing homologation of an arbitral award is reported to have filed a contestation riddled with AI-generated non-existent case law and doctrine — eight instances of fabricated or irrelevant citations. The court reportedly found a serious breach of the conduct of proceedings under article 342 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
- Outcome
- Fine
- Penalty
- CA$5,000
- 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, “Specter Aviation Limited c. Laprade, 2025 QCCS 3521”, safelegalai.com/tracker/specter-aviation-v-laprade (accessed 2026-09-16). Data: CC BY 4.0.