Westlaw for Australia
Find the answer, understand the law and move with confidence
Westlaw helps legal professionals research faster, analyse deeper, and work with confidence using Australian law and trusted legal content, enhanced with intelligent research tools and AI-assisted capabilities.
Research with trusted authority
Access comprehensive Australian law and commentary from authoritative sources relied on by courts, law firms, and corporate legal teams
Validate legal authority with confidence
Quickly confirm whether cases remain good law and understand how they have been cited and interpreted across subsequent decisions
Navigate complex legal issues with deeper insight
Surface relevant authorities faster while exploring connections across cases, legislation, and legal principles to support stronger legal reasoning
Advance legal research with AI-assisted capabilities
Accelerate routine legal research with AI-Assisted Research, or conduct deeper multi-step analysis for complex legal questions through transparent research paths grounded in trusted Australian legal authority
Work in one connected legal workflow
Conduct Deep Research directly within CoCounsel without switching between disconnected tools and research environments
Choose the Westlaw experience that fits your work
Westlaw is designed to support different levels of research capability – from foundational legal research to AI-assisted analysis and deep research workflows.
Westlaw Australia
Comprehensive legal research
Rely on the most up-to-date and organised collections of case law, legislation, commentary and journals.
Home to all the Authorised Law Reports, including the Commonwealth Law Reports.
Increase efficiency saving up to 30 minutes per day by using Westlaw’s natural legal language search.
Unlock access to 10k+ practical resources with Practical Law, the ultimate companion to Westlaw Australia.
Use KeyCite and stop second guessing whether you're citing good law or not.
Westlaw Precision Australia
Advanced research tools
AI-Assisted Research capability integrated with CoCounsel.
Ask conversational legal research questions and expect smart answers.
Review legal documents with AI-powered checks against trusted Westlaw content.
Accelerate initial research and save time reviewing results.
View related cases that have a pattern of being cited together even if neither cites the other.
Drag and drop snippets and citations to quickly create research outlines directly within the platform.
Includes all the content, features and functionality of Westlaw Australia.
Westlaw Advantage Australia
Agentic AI and deep research
Deep research, powered by CoCounsel.
Go beyond basic research using the agentic AI of Deep Research to get actionable answers from Westlaw’s industry leading content.
Build stronger cases with less manual effort, uncovering strategic insights in real time with unmatched transparency.
Compare laws across all Australian states and territories effortlessly.
Gain deeper insights, uncover misrepresentations, and explore counterarguments with Litigation Document Analyser.
Includes all the content, features and functionality of Westlaw Precision Australia.
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