Courtready database shows Canadian AI hallucination risk is now a live litigation-management problem
Courtready’s Canadian AI hallucination database reported 200 documented decisions, including 170 fictitious-citation decisions and 30 other AI-misuse decisions, with 171 instances of AI-hallucinated or non-existent cases across 53 courts and tribunals as of June 22.
BY TRANSATLANTIC DESK · JUNE 24, 2026 · 1 MIN READ
Courtready’s Canadian AI hallucination database reported 200 documented decisions, including 170 fictitious-citation decisions and 30 other AI-misuse decisions, with 171 instances of AI-hallucinated or non-existent cases across 53 courts and tribunals as of June 22. The Canadian signal is that hallucination risk is no longer anecdotal: law firms need citation-checking, filing review and training controls that operate before materials reach courts or tribunals.