Woman loses house claim after judge finds case undermined by ‘hallucinated’ AI research

Justice scales generic. A Queensland judge has ordered a Gladstone woman out of a house she claimed was meant to become hers, finding her 15-year stay was a tenancy, not a backdoor path to ownership. In a District Court ruling, Judge Carl Heaton KC found the evidence “overwhelmingly supports the conclusion” that Tammy Ellem and those living with her were occupying the Clinton property under “an informal rental agreement”, not under any deal to buy the home from former partner Brian Coop. Judge Carl Heaton KC. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Tertius Pickard The court declared Mr Coop the sole owner of the property and ordered Ms Ellem and co-occupant Brian Freeman to vacate within 21 days, while damages for unpaid rent and costs will be decided later. The bitter property fight centred on a house bought in 2003 during Mr Coop and Ms Ellem’s de facto relationship. Although they lived there together, the title was registered only in Mr Coop’s name. Years later, after the relationship had ended and both had moved on, Mr Coop let Ms Ellem and her then partner move into the property in 2010. There was no written lease, no bond and no formal paperwork, but regular payments were made for years. When ...