Product
One workspace for every matter.
Drafting Desk, streaming research, inline citation hover cards, IRAC memos, limitation deadlines, conflict checks, document analysis, time tracking, firm precedents, and a client portal. All linked to a single matter record. Navigate everything with Cmd+K.
Chen Partners
Chen v Pacific Holdings
Commercial · NSW · CP-2024-003
What standard of proof applies to a breach of s 180(1)?
Drafting response...
Authority not verified
Identify relevant sources, check their currency and treatment, and record your review before preparing a draft.
Illustrative workflow only. Human review required before relying on any AI-generated work.
From question to a source-linked first answer.
Create a matter
Client name, jurisdiction, practice area. Everything links from here. Or use the guided task launchers to get started without a blank prompt.
Ask a question
Plain language. Matter Desk runs a semantic vector search across 560,000+ indexed Australian authorities and 190,000+ legislation documents. Coverage to 31 March 2026. Watch progress in real time as it searches, analyses, and drafts.
Review citations
Citations matched to retrieved records show their available source link and source text. Unmatched references are flagged. Open the primary source and check the proposition, currency, and treatment before relying on it.
Follow up or produce work product
Use suggested follow-up questions to go deeper, or generate IRAC memos, calculate deadlines, and run conflict checks. Export to PDF or Word. Navigate anywhere with Cmd+K.
Everything in Matter Desk.
The full feature surface: research, matter operations, deadlines and compliance, productivity and capture, firm management, and an API. All linked to the matter record.
Research and analysis
Matter-linked AI that searches Australian authorities, links retrieved sources, and flags unmatched citations for review.
AI legal research
Ask a legal question inside your matter. Matter Desk runs a semantic vector search across 560,000+ indexed Australian authorities and 190,000+ legislation documents, current to 31 March 2026, then streams a structured answer with visible progress. Citations matched to retrieved records retain source links and available source text; unmatched references are flagged for review. A source-record match is provenance, not legal validation, and the lawyer must check the proposition, currency, and treatment before relying on it.
IRAC memos
Generate a structured Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion memo from your matter research. Retrieved citations link to Australian authority records for lawyer verification. Edit the memo inline, then export to PDF or Word (DOCX) with your firm branding. Every memo links back to the research session that produced it.
Document analysis
Upload contracts, briefs, and judgments. Matter Desk extracts parties, obligations, key dates, risks, and unusual terms. Where the analysis records a source location, the review links back to that document context. Customer document storage uses Australian regions and private signed URLs.
Document comparison
Side-by-side redline between versions of a document. Surfaces clause changes, added obligations, and removed protections. Works on PDF, DOCX, and plain text. Results are attributable to specific paragraphs, not whole-file diffs.
Matter memory
Cross-session context that remembers your matter history, prior research, and uploaded documents. The memory graph detects contradictions across sessions so you are alerted when new research conflicts with earlier findings.
Knowledge base
Full-text and semantic search across your firm's approved memos, research answers, and work product. Firm-scoped with row-level security so nothing leaks between tenancies.
Precedents
Semantic search across approved firm work product, ranked by similarity to the current matter. Attach a precedent to your matter in one click so it carries into the next research query.
Matter operations
A single matter record that links research, documents, drafts, clauses, and client correspondence.
Matter workspace
Create matters with client, jurisdiction, and practice area. Open, on-hold, closed, and archived states with reopen support. Row-level security scopes every matter to the firm and every document to the matter.
Drafting Desk
Describe the document you need, choose the matter, and answer the questions a drafting lawyer would ask. Matter Desk combines matter parties and facts with approved workflows, document templates, or your firm’s Word precedents, then saves a complete first draft to the matter for lawyer review. Compliance notices and source-linked authority checks are surfaced before use.
Document templates
A firm-editable template library covering the common Australian matter types across commercial, employment, litigation, and property. Searchable and filterable by practice area and jurisdiction.
Clause library
Firm-owned clauses with variant generation, search by practice area and jurisdiction, and one-click attach to drafts. Seeded with commercial, employment, and property starter packs.
Client portal
Share specific matter documents, memos, and deadlines with clients through token-based read-only links. Every share is audit-logged. Links can be revoked or expired at any time.
Deadlines and compliance
Deterministic calculations and traceable action records for lawyer review.
Limitation calculator
Select a jurisdiction, cause of action, and accrual date. Matter Desk returns the limitation period, expiry date, and the exact statute section. 50+ deterministic limitation and deadline rules across NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, ACT, NT, and Federal. Deterministic. No AI guesswork. Every result cites its source.
Deadline engine
50+ deterministic limitation and deadline rules across all 9 Australian jurisdictions, covering limitation periods and court filing deadlines. Every deadline requires human confirmation before activation. No deadline auto-activates.
Conflict check
Partners and partner administrators can run a firm-wide literal-name search across recorded matter, client, and party names. Matter Desk records who ran the search, when it ran, and which source records matched. This supports a separate lawyer-led conflict review; it is not conflict clearance or ASCR compliance advice.
Audit trail
Substantive actions currently instrumented by Matter Desk record available user, matter, model, timestamp, source, and output metadata. Records are queryable in the product and follow the firm’s applicable retention terms; they are not presented as a complete regulatory record.
Productivity and capture
Keep billable work moving without switching tools.
Time tracking
Manual timer and entry creation per matter. Category codes for research, drafting, correspondence, court, meetings, and admin. Per-matter summaries for WIP reporting.
AI time suggestions
Inferred time entries from your activity, covering research sessions, document uploads, and memo generations, queued for partner review before they bill. Nothing auto-posts.
Transcriptions
Upload audio (MP3, M4A, WAV) from client meetings, counsel conferences, or court hearings. Matter Desk transcribes and attributes the result to the matter with speaker separation where detected. Redaction suggestions surface before the transcript is saved.
Correspondence and inbound email
Where a receiving domain has passed operational verification, authorised firm members can forward body-only email with an exact matter reference. Attachments fail closed and must be uploaded directly. Draft responses remain subject to lawyer review; Matter Desk does not send them automatically.
Notifications
In-app and email alerts for approaching deadlines, matter assignments, partner conflict-search results, and shared portal activity. Mark-as-read and subscription tracking per user.
Custom workflows
Firm-defined workflow templates for onboarding, discovery, settlement, and compliance. Triggers, step execution, and per-matter progress tracking. Shareable across partners for consistent process.
Cmd+K navigation
Keyboard-first command palette. Press Cmd+K to jump to any matter, start research, or navigate across the workspace; eligible partner roles can also open the firm conflict-name search. 13+ navigation shortcuts and 4 quick actions, all searchable.
Guided task launchers
Four action cards on every matter overview replace the blank prompt. Start legal research, generate a memo, check deadlines, or analyse a document with one click. No prompt engineering required.
Firm management and integrations
Multi-lawyer firms with roles, workload, reports, learning, and an API.
Team and roles
Partner admin, partner, associate, and paralegal roles with scoped permissions. Invite flow, bulk user management, per-matter access rules, and firm-level billing contact assignment.
Workload view
Complete open-matter assignment counts by active team member, including unassigned matters and median matter age. Relative bars compare assignment counts only; they do not infer capacity, utilisation, complexity, or risk.
Reports
Usage by user, matter, and action type. Token consumption and cost estimation. Time-entry summaries. Monthly rollups for firm-wide review.
Learning hub
In-app guides for commercial, employment, litigation, and property. Getting-started cards, curated Act references, and worked example prompts so every new user reaches a strong first answer.
Public API and webhooks
Read matter, memo, and time-entry data via the v1 public API. Webhook events on matter-created, memo-approved, and deadline-confirmed. API key management in-app with rotation and scoped permissions.
See it on a sample matter.
Book a walkthrough. Explore a sample research question. See the citations. Decide for yourself.