CaseBriefer is an AI tool for Australian law students that generates case notes tailored to your professor's teaching style from uploaded PDFs and class materials.

How does CaseBriefer personalise case notes?

CaseBriefer reads your professor's assigned pages and class materials to generate notes that focus on exactly what your professor emphasises, with pinpoint paragraph citations and AustLII integration.

Yes, CaseBriefer offers a free Intern tier with 5 case notes and 5 reading summaries per month. Premium plans start at AU$17/month for additional features and higher limits.

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Prepare structured case notes with deep legal reasoning and points of analysis that only the highest achievers are considering.

CaseBriefer reads YOUR professor's assigned pages, YOUR class slides, and writes a case note tailored to YOUR unit of study, not a generic summary.

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THE PROBLEM WITH GENERIC CASE BRIEFS

Your Professor Didn't Assign the Whole Case. So Why Are You Reading a Brief That Covers It?

Here's what actually happens in law school:

•Your Torts professor assigns paragraphs 35–67 of Donoghue v Stevenson. That's where Lord Atkin explains the neighbour principle. The other 30 pages? Irrelevant to your exam.
•You open a case note tool. Their brief summarises the entire 50-page judgment — including procedural history, dissents, and obiter dicta your professor never mentioned.
•In class, your professor asks about paragraph 52. The brief barely mentions it. You look unprepared.

This happens because our competitors write one brief for everyone. But your professor teaches the case differently than 100 other professors. Your exam tests what YOUR professor emphasized. Not what a case summariser thinks is important.

That's why you need case notes tailored to your course. Not generic briefs.

Three Steps to a Case Note That Lands You a High Distinction

Upload a Case and Your Class Materials

Drop in a case from any jurisdiction. Add your class slides or unit outline if you have them. CaseBriefer uses these to understand what your professor thinks is important.

Pick Your Format (Or Use the Smart Default)

Need a detailed breakdown? Exam summary? Quick reference paragraph? Choose your format. Auto-detection fills in case name, subject, and topic tags for you.

Get a Case Note Tailored to Your Course

CaseBriefer analyses the pages you uploaded, identifies what your professor emphasised in the slides or unit outline, and writes a structured case note with pinpoint paragraph citations. Save it to your profile, organised by subject and topic.

Ratio Decidendi

A person owes a duty of care to their neighbour — those who are so closely and directly affected by the act that one ought reasonably to have them in contemplation... [45]

Application

The manufacturer owed a duty to the ultimate consumer because injury was a foreseeable consequence of negligence... [12]

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Every Claim Is Linked to the Judgment

Unlike other summaries, CaseBriefer includes pinpoint citations for every significant legal point. See [45] in your case note? Click it. CaseBriefer scrolls your uploaded PDF to paragraph 45 so you can verify the reasoning yourself. No guessing. No vague summaries. Just direct references to the source.

Auto-detected fields

Case:Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] UKHL 100

Subject:Tort Law

Topics:

NegligenceDuty of CareNeighbour Principle

✓ Ready to generate

We Fill In the Boring Stuff For You

Upload your case. CaseBriefer instantly detects the case name, citation, subject area, and key topics. You can edit these if you want — or just hit Generate. No typing case names. No tagging topics manually. We handle it.

Problem Question Mode

"Sarah purchases a bottle of ginger beer from a local shop. Upon pouring the drink, she discovers a decomposed snail..."

Issue: Duty of care owed by manufacturer

Apply: Donoghue v Stevenson[link]

Conclusion: Manufacturer likely liable...

Apply Your Cases to Exam Questions (Judge Tier)

Paste a problem question from your practice exam. CaseBriefer identifies the legal issues, pulls the relevant cases from YOUR saved notes, and drafts a structured answer showing how each case applies to the facts. This isn't just a study aid. It's an exam writing assistant. And it only works because it uses the case notes you've already customised for your course.

Chapter 5: The Duty of Care

by J. Smith — Tort Law

Key Principles

•The neighbour principle from Donoghue v Stevenson establishes...

•Section 5B of the Civil Liability Act 2002 codifies...

Policy Considerations

•The High Court in Sullivan v Moody warned against...

✓ Key statutes and case references preserved

Get Through Your Readings in Minutes (Judge Tier)

Upload a textbook chapter or journal article. CaseBriefer detects the title, author, and subject, then generates a concise summary that preserves key statutes and case references. Set a custom focus — like "emphasise the policy arguments" or "focus on the statutory provisions" — and get a summary tailored to how your lecturer actually teaches.

Folders

Contract Law12

Torts8

Criminal 202415

Topics

ConsiderationCausationMens ReaEstoppelNegligence

Organised for Exam Revision, Not Just Class Prep

Save your case notes into subject folders. Tag them by legal topic. When exam time comes, pull every case tagged 'Promissory Estoppel' across all your folders in one click. CaseBriefer is built for how you actually revise — not just how you study.

Class Prep Tools

One-Line Summary

This case established that manufacturers owe a duty of care to consumers even without a direct contract.

Discussion Questions

1.How does the "neighbour principle" apply to modern product liability involving AI systems?

2.Could imposing a duty on manufacturers create better safety incentives than contract law alone?

Smart Comments

1.This case essentially uses tort law to create consumer protection before modern product safety regulation existed.

Walk Into Class Ready to Impress

After generating a case note or reading summary, use Class Prep Tools to instantly create a one-line summary you can say out loud, discussion questions that show you've done the reading, and smart comments that demonstrate critical thinking. No more scrambling before a cold call. One click and you've got something sharp to say.

Built for Australian Law Students First

Similar services have thousands of US cases. Great if you're studying American law.

CaseBriefer integrates with AustLII, covering Australian judgments from the High Court, Federal Court, and state Supreme Courts. Type a case name — if it's on AustLII, we'll fetch it and generate your note automatically.

Studying Mabo v Queensland? We've got you. Dietrich v The Queen? Covered.

Studying law outside of Australia? No problem. Upload any case from any jurisdiction — UK, US, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, India, or beyond. CaseBriefer reads it and generates custom notes tailored to your course.

Global law students shouldn't have to use tools built for the US.

How CaseBriefer Compares

Feature	Competitors	CaseBriefer
Custom notes from YOUR uploaded materials
Uses your class slides as context
Tailored to professor's assigned pages
Pinpoint paragraph citations
Australian case coverage (AustLII)
Problem question answering with your cases
Price	AU$20+/mo	AU$15/mo