Mazaheri costs order sharpens Canada’s non-delegable AI verification duty
Courtready lists Mazaheri v Law Society of Ontario, 2026 ONLSTH 112, as a June 12 Law Society Tribunal decision involving six fictitious citations and a costs order of more than C$31,000 tied to AI-hallucinated authorities.
BY TRANSATLANTIC DESK · JUNE 24, 2026 · 1 MIN READ
Courtready lists Mazaheri v Law Society of Ontario, 2026 ONLSTH 112, as a June 12 Law Society Tribunal decision involving six fictitious citations and a costs order of more than C$31,000 tied to AI-hallucinated authorities. For Canadian lawyers and regulators, the case turns AI misuse into a disciplinary and cost-risk marker: the duty is not to avoid AI altogether, but to verify every authority before relying on it.