ES | Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Navarra, Sala de lo Civil y Penal
Docket: ATSJ NA 38/2024Auto 2/2024 • appellate
2024-09-04
ATSJ NA 38/2024 (auto 2/2024) — TSJ navarra — separate bad-faith piece opened after AI-related citation error; later archived
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I. Executive Summary
The court had opened a separate proceeding to examine possible procedural bad faith after a filing contained an erroneous reference to the Colombian Penal Code, described as an error stemming from use of artificial intelligence.
The party later apologized and requested that the separate piece be closed. The court agreed and ordered the separate proceeding archived, with no sanction imposed.
II. Conduct Analysis
A party filed a submission with an incorrect foreign criminal-code citation; the filing attributed the mistake to artificial intelligence use.
After acknowledging the error and apologizing, the party sought closure of the sanction-related incidental proceeding.
III. Legal Foundations
Article 247.3 LEC (opening/handling of bad-faith incident, as referenced by the court)
IV. Key Facts
1) The court opened a separate piece to assess possible bad faith due to an incorrect Colombian Penal Code citation attributed to AI use.
2) The party later acknowledged the mistake, apologized, and requested closure.
3) The court archived the separate piece.
V. Consequences & Sanction
1) Separate sanction/bad-faith proceeding archived without imposing sanctions.