Your legal practice is Australian.

The legal AI you use should be too.

Meet Habeas.

Founded in 2023, Habeas is the specialist AI platform for litigators, boutique firms and in-house teams, tailored for complex research, drafting, and strategy.

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Legal AI that actually shows its working

Conduct deep research, query the law and construct first drafts all in the same interface.
With Habeas, every output is grounded in Australian case law and legislation, cited to paragraph level.

Find the needle in the haystack, in minutes not hours.

Our AI draws on an expansive corpus of Australian case law, legislation, and regulatory materials. The platform's deep legal search capabilities mitigate the risk of hallucination and enhance accuracy.

From research question to defensible work product, all in the same workflow.

Habeas synthesises holdings, identifies relevant reasoning, and helps you build a comprehensive case strategy or research memo in real-time.

Build custom AI assistants, tailored to your practice area and unique needs.

Dive deeper and construct custom agents tailored to your practice area and house style — so every output has character, and matches how your team works.

"Habeas is the first AI legal research tool that has truly felt fit for purpose to me, as an Australian lawyer. The quality of output is stark and provides a true copilot experience. For junior lawyers, it’s been a fantastic aid as they sharpen their legal research tools, and for me, it’s been a great go-to and saved me hours of doing my own research. Habeas is the perfect companion for lawyers who need to get across new areas of law with minimal friction. It’s hard to remember what legal research used to be like."

"Habeas is the first AI legal research tool that has truly felt fit for purpose to me, as an Australian lawyer. It’s been a great go-to and saved me hours of doing my own research. Habeas is the perfect companion for lawyers who need to get across new areas of law with minimal friction. It’s hard to remember what legal research used to be like."

Arisha Arif

Regulatory/Litigation Counsel at Google, ex Disputes Lawyer @ Zed Law, ex KWM

"Habeas AI is impressive and powerful. As a litigation lawyer, I have found Habeas useful for sourcing specific sections of legislation and relevant case law within seconds. Using Habeas has expedited legal research by quickly generating results with citations sourced from primary resources, and links directly to the relevant legislation and case law. I would highly recommend Habeas AI to litigation lawyers in Australia."

"Habeas AI is impressive and powerful. As a litigation lawyer, I have found Habeas useful for sourcing specific sections of legislation and relevant case law within seconds. Using Habeas has expedited legal research by quickly generating results with citations sourced from primary resources, and links directly to the relevant legislation and case law. I would highly recommend Habeas AI to litigation lawyers."

Damin Murdock

Principal Lawyer, Leo Lawyers and Chief Legal Officer at Lawpath Australia

In the last few years of experimenting with AI, I've found its legal research capabilities to be pretty underwhelming. However I have found a genuinely useful research tool in Habeas. The difference is its agentic approach that builds off more traditional search methods and ties the results to publicly available case law and legislation, always cited with relevant extracts produced. It is genuinely helpful and it's also far more affordable for tiny practices like mine.

I have found a genuinely useful research tool in Habeas. The difference is its agentic approach that builds off more traditional search methods and ties the results to publicly available case law and legislation, always cited with relevant extracts produced. It is genuinely helpful and it's also far more affordable for tiny practices like mine.

Jennie Pakula

Principal at Lawyers' Friend, ex Law Society of NSW Ethics Solicitor

"Over the past few years, I’ve watched Habeas mature from a clever demo into a platform that solves a very real pain point for lawyers in our network - surfacing the right precedent in seconds, not hours. In an industry that often lags on tech adoption, Habeas feels like the rare product that’s both sophisticated under the hood and simple enough to slot straight into a lawyer’s day. If you care about better research, faster outcomes, and happier clients, this is a tool worth paying attention to."

"Over the past few years, I’ve watched Habeas mature from a clever demo into a robust research platform. In an industry that often lags on tech adoption, Habeas feels like the rare product that’s both sophisticated under the hood and simple enough to slot straight into a lawyer’s day. If you care about better research, faster outcomes, and happier clients, this is a tool worth paying attention to."

Dom Woolrych

Founder, CEO of Lawpath

"Habeas is a specialist’s tool: precise, efficient and designed with Australian legal practitioners in mind. What impressed me most was the consistency of Habeas’s output. Even on issues I’d already thoroughly researched, the platform reliably retrieved authorities with pinpoint accuracy at paragraph level and distilled the judicial reasoning into concise, well-structured summaries. Habeas stands out for its local depth, speed, and practitioner-centric design."

"Habeas is a specialist’s tool: precise, efficient and designed with Australian legal practitioners in mind. Even on issues I’d already thoroughly researched, the platform reliably retrieved authorities with pinpoint accuracy at paragraph level and distilled the judicial reasoning into concise, well-structured summaries. Habeas stands out for its local depth, speed, and practitioner-centric design."

Sean Stimson

Senior Solicitor, Redfern Legal Centre and part-time Lecturer at UTS

"As a lawyer, my biggest fear is walking into court and discovering I’ve missed a critical authority. Habeas has pretty much eliminated that anxiety. I can phrase a question in plain English, and within two seconds it returns pinpoint-cited judgments. It's so much better than the search tools we are used to dealing with as lawyers, because it's more intuitive to search in natural language queries. It’s shaved hours off every brief and lets me spend that time sharpening arguments instead of trawling databases."

"As a lawyer, my biggest fear is walking into court and discovering I’ve missed a critical authority. Habeas has pretty much eliminated that anxiety. I can phrase a question in plain English, and within two seconds it returns pinpoint-cited judgments. It's so much better than the search tools we are used to dealing with as lawyers. It’s shaved hours off every brief and lets me spend that time sharpening arguments instead of trawling databases."

David Corbett

Australian Disputes and Litigation Lawyer

"Computer-Aided Legal Research (CALR) has delivered the rigour and authority lawyers trust for decades, but at the cost of steep learning curves and technical search syntax. Generative AI allows lawyers to ask in plain English, explore new areas of law, and get sophisticated insights in seconds. Habeas built a platform that blends traditional research's authority with AI's agility - so every answer is fast, intuitive, and verified. That’s the sweet spot where the future of legal research lives."

"Habeas built a platform that blends traditional research's authority with AI's agility - so every answer is fast, intuitive, and verified. That’s the sweet spot where the future of legal research lives."

Peter Allsopp

Co-Founder of Large Language Law, Highly Experienced General Practice Lawyer

I've recently been road testing Habeas, an innovative generative AI tool designed specifically for Australian lawyers. This cutting-edge platform stands out for its transparency and reliability, providing tailored AI assistance within our unique legal context. It's exciting to see how Habeas is enhancing efficiency and accuracy in legal work while maintaining the high standards our profession demands.

"This cutting-edge platform stands out for its transparency and reliability, providing tailored AI assistance within our unique legal context. It's exciting to see how Habeas is enhancing efficiency and accuracy in legal work while maintaining the high standards our profession demands."

Dr. Anton Hughes

Crown Prosecutor at ODDP

Modernise your firm's entire workflow with one software

At Habeas, we believe AI is an essential tool in bridging the gap between the complex realm of legal data and the precise, timely needs of modern lawyers.

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Advanced AI Agents

Ask complex questions in natural language. Habeas autonomously searches across case law, legislation, and secondary sources - then returns structured, cited analysis,

AI Search Engine

For those who prefer a search engine experience, Habeas can instantly search open-source law and return relevant, on-point precedents faster than traditional methods.

MagicDraft

Habeas can draft full documents based on your research in seconds - formatted to your exact style guide and format requirements.

Document Analysis + Search

Upload your documents and extract exactly what you need - key provisions, critical facts, and structured analysis ready for your brief.

Habeas Fits seamlessly into your existing Workflows

Habeas integrates effortlessly with your current legal tools, enhancing your research efficiency without disrupting your workflow. Harness the power of AI to get fast, accurate legal insights, allowing you to focus on what matters—delivering results.

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Trained on Australian Open-Source Law

We have built our proprietary search over a massive corpus of publicly available Australian legal documents.

Performant Search Capabilities

Our rigorous search algorithms ensure highly relevant search results, down to the paragraph.

Citations for Every Answer Given

Habeas is designed to mitigate AI 'hallucinations' and allow lawyers to follow the source.

Secure, Compliant, but Still Accessible

We make sure user conversations are siloed, stored on Aussie data servers and stay safe from prying eyes.

We've got you covered, whether you're a
sole practitioner or firm.

With Habeas, legal practitioners get access to the same core features,
with additional security options for larger firms available.

Sole Practitioners

Habeas is perfect if you're looking for an agile assistant to save time on daily research volume

SMEs / Small Firms

Enhance your firm's productivity by automating routine legal tasks, improving accuracy, and ensuring quick access to relevant case law

Enterprise

We offer volume-based pricing for larger firms looking to enhance their team's access to Australian-specific AI research tools.

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