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Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd v Kumar

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Case Information
Case name Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd v. Abhishek Kumar[1]
Tribunal Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (England and Wales)[1]
Case number 12884-2026[1]
Hearing July 29, 2026[1]
Panel P. Lewis (chair), H. Hasan and D. Kearney[1]
Applicant Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd[1]
Respondent Abhishek Kumar, registered foreign lawyer[1]
Proceeding type Professional discipline[1]
Allegations / issues Prior criminal conviction and inaccurate or fabricated legal authorities in disciplinary submissions prepared with generative AI[1]
Status August 25, 2026 strike-off order remains in force pending the respondent's High Court appeal, according to the published judgment.[1]

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd v. Kumar concerns a registered foreign lawyer's use of inaccurate and fabricated legal authorities while responding to disciplinary allegations. The tribunal decided two sets of charges: one arising from a prior conviction for knowingly employing a person without the right to work, and another arising from the AI-assisted submissions. Dishonesty was not alleged.[1]

AI-assisted submissions

Kumar admitted using generative AI in a March 12, 2026 response and an April 9 email to the regulator. The tribunal found misleading quotations and citations, including non-existent cases and unsupported legal propositions. It distinguished those errors from typographical citation mistakes, which alone were not serious enough for misconduct. It found breaches of the applicable professional principles and conduct code and treated the unverified AI-assisted submissions as independently serious.[1]

Order and appeal

On August 25, 2026, the tribunal ordered Kumar struck off the Register of Foreign Lawyers and made no costs order. It said it would have imposed the same sanction if either set of allegations had stood alone. The published judgment states that Kumar appealed to the High Court and that the strike-off order remains in force pending the appeal decision. No later appellate disposition was identified in the sources reviewed.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, judgment in Case 12884-2026, dated August 25, 2026, pp. 1–23; complete official judgment reviewed October 1, 2026.
  2. ↑ Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, public case record 12884, publication date September 3, 2026; full summary reviewed October 1, 2026.
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