The Petal is a daily Australian legal podcast from BarNet OpenLaw, the publisher of JADE. Each morning it briefs the latest judgments in about ten minutes. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any podcast app.
Every case citation in an AI-drafted List of Authorities is now checked against JADE – confirmed citations resolve to the authoritative case name and link to jade.io; unrecognised ones are flagged before you rely on them.
If you practise in Victoria — or deal with Victorian case law in any capacity — there’s a resource you should know about: the Victorian Reports. Published since 1875, the Victorian Reports are the authorised law reports of Victoria, carefully… Read More ›
This post updates our original 2011 guide to linking your blog to JADE. The API endpoints still work — we’ve just made everything simpler and more powerful since then. If you write about Australian law — whether you’re a practitioner… Read More ›
If you’ve been using JADE’s free tier, you already know the basics: full-text search across 790,000+ Australian judicial decisions, legislation lookup, and basic citation links. It’s a solid research tool — and it’s free for good reason. We believe every… Read More ›
Jasmine is JADE’s AI research assistant, and if you haven’t tried it yet, it’s worth a few minutes of your time. Rather than replacing traditional legal search, Jasmine sits alongside it — offering a conversational way to explore JADE’s database… Read More ›
We’ve just finished a significant refresh of the Jadeful companion site — and honestly, it’s been one of the more satisfying projects we’ve worked on in a while. For years, some of the help pages on this site carried placeholder… Read More ›
JADE has grown — and the numbers tell the story. As of early 2026, the platform indexes 790,000+ judicial decisions across 128 jurisdictions, with more than 6 million pinpoint citations mapped between them. That’s not just a database — it’s… Read More ›
“A decade since the landmark Redress and Civil Litigation Report (2015), it’s time to reflect—and act.” Open Law is proud to support the upcoming Pathways to Justice for Survivors of Institutional Child Abuse Conference (19–20 Sept 2025, Sydney). Featuring expert voices from survivor groups,… Read More ›
Love v Commonwealth of Australia; Thoms v Commonwealth of Australia [2020] HCA 3 (11 February 2020) (Kiefel CJ, Bell, Gageler, Keane, Nettle, Gordon and Edelman JJ) Available in JADE Professional Layout. Citation Love v Commonwealth of Australia [2020] HCA 3… Read More ›