Citing the uncitable: AI’s hallucinations reach the Employment Court

Citing the uncitable: AI’s hallucinations reach the Employment Court
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Rachael Judge
As generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) grows in popularity, it was only a matter of time before it would find its way to the Employment Court. The recent case of LMN v STC (No 2) [2025] NZEMC 46 involved a self-represented employee who was rebuked by the court after citing a fictitious case created by GenAI. Our Employment Court is not alone. The New Zealand Law Society (NZLS) has previously cautioned lawyers about the risks of cases being “made up by a well-intentioned AI Tool”, with NZLS libraries receiving r...

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