About Law Assistant

What is Law Assistant?

Law Assistant is an AI-powered tool that helps Australians understand their rights and obligations under Australian law. It searches legislation, court decisions, tribunal orders, and government guidance to give plain-English answers with direct citations to the source material.

Law areas covered

• →Employment Law — Fair Work Act 2009, National Employment Standards, Fair Work Commission decisions
• →Family Law — Family Law Act 1975, parenting arrangements, property settlements, divorce, child support
• →Personal Injury — Civil liability acts (NSW, VIC, QLD, WA), workplace injury, negligence · state-specific
• →Consumer Law — Australian Consumer Law, consumer guarantees, refunds, unfair contract terms
• →Tenancy — Residential tenancy acts across NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA and more · state-specific
• →Commercial Property — Commercial leases, make-good clauses, rent reviews, disclosure obligations, subletting
• →NDIS — National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, NDIS Rules, ndis.gov.au guidance
• →Discrimination Law — Age, Disability, Racial, and Sex Discrimination Acts, AHRC complaints process
• →Privacy Law — Privacy Act 1988, Australian Privacy Principles, OAIC complaints
• →Intellectual Property — Copyright Act 1968, Patents Act 1990, Trade Marks Act 1995, Designs Act 2003
• →Criminal Law — Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), state criminal codes and offences, bail, sentencing · state-specific
• →Wills & Estates — Succession and Wills Acts across all states, probate, intestacy, family provision · state-specific
• →Traffic & Road Law — Traffic offences, drink driving, demerit points, licence suspension · state-specific
• →Family Violence — Intervention orders, DVOs, protection orders across all states · state-specific
• →Immigration — Migration Act 1958, visa conditions and cancellations, bridging visas, character requirements

How it works

Your question is converted to a semantic embedding and matched against a database of legislation, decisions, and guidance using hybrid search (vector + full-text). The most relevant passages are passed to Claude by Anthropic, which generates a plain-English answer grounded in the retrieved material. Every answer includes citations so you can read the original source. Answers stream in as they are generated.

For state-specific areas (tenancy, personal injury, criminal, wills & estates), you can select your state before asking to get jurisdiction-specific answers.

Document Review

Upload a PDF, Word document, or plain-text file and ask a question about it. Law Assistant analyses the document against relevant Australian legislation and explains what it means in plain English — useful for leases, employment contracts, demand letters, and other legal documents.

Supported file types: PDF, DOCX, TXT (max 5 MB). Available on Business plans and above.

Plans & limits

• →Free Trial — 5 searches per month, no account required
• →Free account — 10 searches per month, 3 saved conversations
• →Personal ($30/mo) — 30 searches per month, 5 saved conversations
• →Business ($70/mo) — 100 searches per month, 100 saved conversations, 100 document reviews

See our pricing page for full details.

Contact us

Have a question, feedback, or a legal area you'd like us to cover? We'd love to hear from you.

hello@lawassistant.au