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ARTICLE · 25 SEPTEMBER 2026

AI, Integrity, And The SDT: The Kumar Decision And A Further SRA Warning

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The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal’s (SDT) decision in SRA v Kumar, a case that has caught the attention of many in the legal profession, and for good reason, has landed almost simultaneous with the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) latest Warning Notice on the Misuse of AI.

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Mr Kumar, a Registered Foreign Lawyer, was prosecuted by the SRA following a criminal conviction. He later faced added allegations arising from his use (or misuse) of generative AI when responding formally to the allegations and to the SRA. His submissions included misleading quotations and inaccuracies, errors said to have been generated by AI and repeated even after they were pointed out by the SRA.

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