A legal research agent built for the bar
Reader is a powerful research assistant that helps you frame issues, find authorities, and produce citation-checked research across Australian case law and legislation. Designed for the way barristers research, think and write.
The Problem
Most legal AI summarises what you already have. That can be useful, but barristers need more: to find the authorities they don’t have, to ask questions, and to build and stress-test their arguments.
You start with a question, not a document. You need authorities, not just summaries. Reader lets you brief research as you would brief a junior, then returns structured analysis with sources you can verify quickly.
Capabilities
Search and synthesise across Australian case law. Find relevant authorities by legal principle, not just keyword. Every citation is verified against the source.
Navigate Commonwealth and State legislation. Trace amendments, locate delegated legislation, and understand how provisions interact.
Go beyond finding cases. Reader synthesises the state of the law on a question, maps the weight of authority, and identifies tensions in the case law.
Draft structured submissions and opinion outlines grounded in verified authorities. Your voice, your argument — with the research already done.
Every case, every paragraph reference, every quote is checked against the original source. No hallucinated citations. No phantom authorities.
Anticipate opposing arguments and identify the authorities the other side is likely to rely on — before you walk into court.
How it works
In plain language, describe the legal question, the jurisdiction, and what you're trying to establish.
The research agent searches across case law and legislation, building a picture of the relevant authorities.
Every citation is verified. The research is synthesised into a structured memorandum with full references.
Ask follow-up questions, narrow the research, or export directly into your opinion or submission.
Built for Trust
Every authority cited is checked against primary sources. No hallucinated case names. No invented paragraph references.
Research is driven by an AI agent that reasons step-by-step — planning its approach, searching methodically, and building structured analysis.
Purpose-built for Australian jurisdictions. Federal, State, and Territory coverage across courts and tribunals.
Reader is not a black box. See the research trail. Understand why each authority was selected, why other authorities were not, and how the synthesis was constructed.
Ask questions, upload documents for analysis, generate case summaries, or draft structured submissions — work the way that suits your matter.
Early access members get priority onboarding, direct product input, and foundation pricing at launch.
For practising barristers only. We respond within 48 hours.