Legal research
Every practitioner eventually assembles a personal research stack — something free, something paid, and something for the gaps neither covers. This maps what exists, what it costs, and what it genuinely includes rather than what the marketing claims.
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ACT Legislation Register
Legal research
The official legislation register for ACT — Acts, subordinate legislation and in-force compilations.
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026AustLII
Legal research
Free public access to Australian primary law — cases, legislation, treaties and law journals — run as a joint facility of the UTS and UNSW law faculties.
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026Caselaw NSW
Legal research
The NSW courts' free public judgment database.
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026Checkpoint (Thomson Reuters)
Legal research
Tax and accounting research platform.
- Pricing model
- Subscription
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026CommonLII
Legal research
Free access to legal materials across Commonwealth jurisdictions.
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026Federal Register of Legislation
Legal research
The authoritative register of Commonwealth Acts, legislative instruments and compilations.
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026FirstPoint (Thomson Reuters)
Legal research
Thomson Reuters' Australian case citator and digest service.
- Pricing model
- Subscription
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026Informit — Legal Collection
Legal research
Australian research database of journals, reports and grey literature, including legal titles.
- Pricing model
- Subscription
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026JADE (BarNet JADE)
Legal research
Free access to Australian judgments with citator functionality, plus a paid premium tier.
- Pricing model
- Freemium — free tier plus paid premium
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026LawCite
Legal research
AustLII's free automated citator, showing how a case or article has been cited and by what.
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026
LexisNexis Australia
Legal research
Legal information and workflow provider offering Australian research resources, practical guidance and drafting tools. Lexis+ with Protégé, formerly Lexis+ AI, supports AI-assisted research and drafting using subscribed content and, where configured, a firm’s own knowledge sources.
- Firm size fit
- Individual practitioners, Barristers, firms and organisational legal teams; products vary by audience.
- Pricing model
- Product and content subscriptions; obtain a quote for the required users and collections.
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026Northern Territory Legislation
Legal research
The official legislation register for NT — Acts, subordinate legislation and in-force compilations.
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026NSW Legislation
Legal research
The official legislation register for NSW — Acts, subordinate legislation and in-force compilations.
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Cloud
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Practical Law Australia (Thomson Reuters)
Legal research
Thomson Reuters practical legal guidance service for Australian lawyers, with lawyer-authored practice notes, standard documents, checklists and toolkits. It covers transactional, advisory and dispute-resolution work and offers AI-assisted search and research features.
- Pricing model
- Subscription
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified18 September 2026Queensland Judgments
Legal research
The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for Queensland's free judgment database, including unreported judgments.
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026Queensland Legislation
Legal research
The official legislation register for QLD — Acts, subordinate legislation and in-force compilations.
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026South Australian Legislation
Legal research
The official legislation register for SA — Acts, subordinate legislation and in-force compilations.
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026Tasmanian Legislation Online
Legal research
The official legislation register for TAS — Acts, subordinate legislation and in-force compilations.
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026Victorian Legislation
Legal research
The official legislation register for VIC — Acts, subordinate legislation and in-force compilations.
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026vLex (incl. Vincent AI)
Legal research
Global legal research platform with AI (Vincent AI); acquired by Clio 2025; Australian case law coverage; multi-jurisdictional.
- Pricing model
- Subscription
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026Western Australian Legislation
Legal research
The official legislation register for WA — Acts, subordinate legislation and in-force compilations.
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026Westlaw AU (Thomson Reuters)
Legal research
Thomson Reuters subscription legal research service for Australia, providing cases, legislation, commentary and practical reference material. Its Australian product range includes Westlaw Australia, Westlaw Precision Australia and Westlaw Advantage Australia, with research and AI capabilities varying by offering.
- Pricing model
- Subscription
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified18 September 2026Wolters Kluwer Australia (CCH)
Legal research
Legal, tax and accounting research and commentary, strongest in tax and corporate compliance.
- Pricing model
- Subscription
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026WorldLII
Legal research
Free access to legal materials from jurisdictions worldwide.
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Cloud
Verified14 August 2026
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