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Law firms based in Australia and New Zealand are at risk of falling behind global counterparts in capturing critical knowledge, new research has shown.

National plaintiff firm Slater and Gordon has elevated 63 lawyers and support staff to more senior roles.

National firm Maddocks has further embedded AI into its daily workflows with the enterprise-wide rollout of Harvey.

Legal-grade AI platform Luminance has unveiled a new contract intelligence model, Luna, which it claims can deliver answers “up to four times faster” than general-purpose AI systems.

Global legal technology company Relativity has strengthened its AI capabilities with the acquisition of Gavel, paving the way for AI-powered drafting and document automation to be brought directly into Microsoft Word.

Lawyers On Demand has partnered with Wordsmith to deliver AI-enabled managed services to in-house legal teams.

Together with his wife and son, a Sydney lawyer was accused, but later acquitted, of allegedly obtaining a Glebe property by deception.

In what is believed to be a world first, an AI-powered law firm has won a court case without a single lawyer overseeing the pre-trial work, all while costing its client less than $1,000.

The Allan Labor government’s codification of work-from-home (WFH) rights for two days per week will be an enormous strain on the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, lawyers have argued.

A highly regarded lawyer, described as a “venerable leader” of the profession, has been appointed as a resident judge of the Supreme Court of the ACT.