We know AI and the Law.
AI creates two kinds of risk at once, legal and technical, and most advice only covers one. We help you govern both before either turns into a problem.
Talk to Us→AI creates two problems at once.
Using AI in legal work creates two risks at once, and handling only one of them still leaves you exposed.
It invents facts, leaks data, or behaves in ways nobody on your team can explain. Understanding how AI works is critical to using it properly.
A filing with a fictitious citation, a privacy breach, a professional-conduct complaint. The technology may be new, but the obligations behind these are not, and they still apply to you.
We can help you understand both.
Our advice on AI governance comes from building tools that thousands of people rely on, and from original research into how AI is already failing in Canadian courts.
We have seen exactly how AI goes wrong in a courtroom, and we bring that perspective to your organization.
Recognition
OBA Foundation Award
Co-founder Tom Macintosh Zheng is this year’s recipient of the Ontario Bar Association’s OBA Foundation Award, which recognizes exceptional contributions to the improvement of the justice system through public legal education, innovative research, or other means.
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The Rise of AI-Hallucinated Case Law in Canadian Courts and Tribunals
Cited by the Law Society Tribunal of Ontario2026 ONLSTH 112 (para. 36) →
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The rise of vibe lawyering
AI is emboldening people to represent themselves in court. The results are mixed.
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AI ‘gone awry’ made up case law, a Manitoba court says. Justice experts say it highlights a lack of access
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AI-fabricated legal citations in Canadian courts ‘tip of the iceberg,’ expert warns
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Toronto lawyer who filed AI-generated ‘gibberish’ ordered to pay record costs award — ‘Artificial intelligence can’t think like a lawyer’
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Top judge backs Jordan juggernaut, warns bar against filing fake AI-generated precedents in court
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Canadian Lawyer survey: How Canada’s courts are regulating, using, and evaluating generative AI
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Lawyer who used AI-fabricated citations hit with $31,150 in costs to LSO
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The missing defendant in Canada’s fictitious case law crisis
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Canada’s national AI strategy leaves out the justice system
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Beyond Fake Cases: The Other Ways AI Is Going Wrong in Canadian Courts
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A lawyer and an AI scientist.
Tom Macintosh Zheng is the co-founder of courtready.ca and a licensed lawyer in Ontario, Canada and England. Before launching Courtready, he practised commercial litigation in downtown Toronto. Tom has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and the Federal Court of Appeal.
Tom has been published in The Hill Times, Law360, CanLII, Slaw.ca, and featured on Studying Law Around the World.
Tom is this year’s recipient of the Ontario Bar Association’s OBA Foundation Award, which recognizes exceptional contributions to the improvement of the justice system.
Soheil Kianzad is the co-founder of courtready.ca. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia and brings an academic and industry background in artificial intelligence, applied research, and technology-driven problem solving.
Before launching Courtready, he worked in research and engineering roles across academia and industry, focusing on building reliable, aligned AI systems and translating complex technical concepts into practical tools.
His work emphasizes responsible AI design, alignment with real-world constraints, and the deployment of scalable, trustworthy AI solutions in high-stakes domains.
Who we work with.
Adopt AI without breaching professional obligations or putting client confidentiality at risk.
Understand the legal risks of using AI in your business before they turn into liabilities.
Get the benefits of AI on a tight budget, without exposure you cannot afford.
Deploy AI in public-facing work with the accountability and transparency the public expects.
Understand how Canadian AI law and regulation apply when you operate in, or sell to, Canada.
If you are weighing AI and want advice that covers both the law and the technology, email us directly.
tom@courtready.ca