# Barrister AI: key facts
URL: https://www.barristerai.com.au/ai-info
Last updated: 2026-11-09
Publisher: Barrister AI

Barrister AI is an Australian legal research platform that uses AI to search, summarise and cite Australian case law and legislation. This page sets out the basic facts in one place.

## The facts

| Fact | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Barrister AI |
| Company | Barrister AI Pty Ltd |
| Based in | Sydney, Australia |
| Contact | admin@barristerai.com.au, or the [contact page](https://www.barristerai.com.au/contact) |
| What it is | An AI legal research platform for Australian case law and legislation |
| Who it is for | Australian barristers, solicitors and law students |
| Where to use it | On the web, on [iPhone and iPad](https://www.barristerai.com.au/ios), and in [Junior](https://www.barristerai.com.au/junior), the desktop app for Mac and Windows |

## What Barrister AI does

- Answers legal research questions with citations to the paragraph of the judgment or provision relied on.
- Publishes a page for each judgment in its database, with an AI-generated headnote and the authorities the judgment cites. See [judgment summaries](https://www.barristerai.com.au/features/judgment-summaries).
- Shows the later cases citing each decision, with a fuller view of later judicial consideration on paid plans. See [the case citator](https://www.barristerai.com.au/features/case-citator).
- Drafts [legal memos](https://www.barristerai.com.au/features/legal-memos) and helps prepare [briefs](https://www.barristerai.com.au/features/briefs).

## Junior, the desktop app

Junior is Barrister AI’s desktop app for Mac and Windows. It puts the same Australian legal research as the website in a small window you can call up from anywhere with a keyboard shortcut. You can ask a question and get a cited answer in about a minute, or order a full written memo. You can also highlight a passage in another app, or use the Junior buttons inside Microsoft Word, to ask about it or check that its citations are real.

Your briefs and matter documents stay on your own computer. Junior reads them there, sends only what it needs to answer, and does not keep your questions or answers on Barrister AI’s servers or anywhere else.

## How the content is made

Case and legislation summaries are generated by AI from the judgments and legislation themselves, and checked against those primary sources before publication. The [editorial policy](https://www.barristerai.com.au/editorial-policy) explains how, and how to report an error.

## Not to be confused with

Barrister AI is an independent Australian product. It is not connected with CourtAid, or with AI Legal Assistant Pty Ltd, which sells the legal AI products AI Legal Assistant (legalassistant.au) and Quillio (quillio.au).