“ChatGPT did not prove to be a prudent choice of adviser so far as matters of Australian corporate law were concerned”, the judge wrote in his decision, a snippet of which was published by The Australian. “[Drebber and O’Connor] had plainly directed questions to ChatGPT, which it had answered, which wrongly approached the question as one of employment law, rather than by reference to principles of oppression in Australian corporate law. Their research did not extend to taking legal advice”.
The judge determined that Drebber and O’Connor oppressed Landes by cutting him out of key management decisions and refusing to pay him dividends in violation of the directors’ policy. Moreover, in a May 2025 meeting the pair kept outvoting Landes on resolutions to defer dividend and bonus payments, assess director responsibilities and implement incentives.
Black said the resolutions that were supported were designed to cut Landes’ remuneration – a conclusion rejected by Drebber and O’Connor. The judge also surmised that O’Connor may have used ChatGPT to draft one of the resolutions due to the document’s generic phrasing, which included the statement “he or she” in a failure to acknowledge that all of Lanmar’s directors were men.
Black issued the order for receivers to be appointed for an en bloc sale of Lanmar’s shares after he rejected valuations of the company from both sides in the case. He did not order a wind-up since Lanmar remained viable and profitable.
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