Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). For more than 25 years the most popular online free-access resource for Australian legal information.
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kinda crazy that government websites will include links to statutes that redirect to westlaw, which requires a subscription. laws should be easily accessible to the public if you want people to follow them.
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Pleased to announce that @austlii has digitised the full collection of the Law Society of South Australia Judgment Scheme reports. Thanks the the Law Society and the Law Foundation of South Australia for providing resources and funding for this austlii.edu.au/au/cases/sa/S…
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If you have knowledge and skills in contemporary computing and an understanding of Australian law, help shape the future of free access to law in Australia. There are a range of opportunities to join @austlii new Software Engineering team. ethicaljobs.com.au/jobs-at-a…
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Gageler CJ, "The common law in Australia 40 years on from the Australia Act 1986 (Cth)", 28 October, Sydney or online
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Interested in decisions made by the Tribunal?
We publish a selection of decisions on @AustLII, which you can access from our website
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Help celebrate BAILII's 25th birthday and support access to justice by donating to the largest & most comprehensive free source of case law & legislation in the UK.
Donate online: cafdonate.cafonline.org/2498…
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If every BAILII visitor this month gives just £5, it will have a significant impact on BAILII's ability to continue providing this vital service.
Donate online: cafdonate.cafonline.org/2498…
For more information, visit our Appeal for Funds page: bailii.org/bailii/appeal.htm…
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Legal education is evolving, and so is the role of AI.
Next week in Sydney, we're hosting a roundtable for legal academics to discuss AI's impact on legal research, curriculum, assessment and the future skills expected of law graduates.
Register your interest: ow.ly/1WSR50Zczha
#LegalEducation #LegalAI
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Transcript of the hearing austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewd…
What a day! We just wrapped up the first ever climate case to be heard in the High Court of Australia, the country’s apex court.
Johnson Legal proudly represented our brave clients Wendy and Tony and other Hunter Valley residents.
climateinthecourts.com/high-…
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If you want to support my brave clients in defending their case in the High Court, here’s how: chuffed.org/project/australi…
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A strong discussion yesterday at our Breakfast Roundtable with The Law Society of NSW.
Great to hear directly from customers about how legal AI is being adopted across research, discovery, transcript review and knowledge work, and how Protégé is supporting day-to-day practice.
Thank you to Peter O’Brien, Daniel Fleming and Fiona Lymant for sharing their insights, and to The Law Society of NSW for the opportunity to collaborate.
#LegalAI #LegalTech #Protege
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Free and anonymous access to primary legal information is a human right in a democratic society governed by the rule of law. It is a government responsibility to ensure that it makes the law available to its community. It should not be a market of goods and services for sale.
Startups Are Pushing to Democratize Legal Research. Will They Succeed? law.com/legaltechnews/2026/0…
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That said, the access needs to be managed and curated to balance the tension between open justice and the right to privacy. See the Montreal Declaration from the Free Access to Law Movement falm.info/declaration/
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Because of violations of BAILII's Terms of Service, we block addresses linked to abusive behaviour, including some cloud services, VPNs, & proxy services.
Blocked legitimate users should follow the block instructions OR turn off any VPN/proxy service before connecting to BAILII.
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“And it’s not even hard to avoid citing AI-hallucinated cases. All you have to do is use Westlaw or Lexis to cite check the brief.” 👀
- a fish in water never realizes it’s wet. legal data is born free and everywhere it is behind paywalls.
And it’s not even hard to avoid citing AI-hallucinated cases.
All you have to do is use Westlaw or Lexis to cite check the brief. It’s one of the first mechanical things you learn in a very practical writing class in law school. It takes perhaps 15 seconds per case.
I’ve even … gasp … used actual books to cite check and Shepardize cases.
I’ll never forget being in the courtroom in New York City at the Alvin Bragg trial of Trump when Todd Blanche exposed in cross examination that “star witness” Michael Cohen was writing briefs with hallucinated cases.
Good times.
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Interesting article describing how the duopoly in market for legal information in the US came about. Free access to legal information is a human right and should not be restricted to those who can afford to pay for it. This is what @austlii was created for and remains our mission
Gatekeepers of Law: Inside the Westlaw and LexisNexis Duopoly
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This wonderful collection of 55 of the best of Michael Kirby's speeches and papers is available now:
federationpress.com.au/produ…
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If you’re interested in seeing which decisions we published this year, visit the AustLII website
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