---
title: "How to use AI for contract review in Australia"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/guides/ai-contract-review-australia"
type: "how_to_guide"
site: "AI Law Framework"
practice_area: "Transactions and property"
---

# How to use AI for contract review in Australia

> How to run a playbook review of a contract with an approved tool, then have a lawyer read both the flags and the clauses the tool did not flag.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/guides/ai-contract-review-australia

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Check this before you rely on it

Queensland Guidance Statement No. 37 and the OAIC’s guidance on commercially available AI products both sit in front of the upload. A contract is personal information and confidential information the moment it names a person or a deal.

## Steps

1. **Use an approved tool that does not train on the file.** Use a tenancy the firm has approved, and read the clause that says customer content is not used to train the vendor’s models. The joint law societies’ 2026 selection checklist is the list of questions to ask before the first upload. A personal chatbot account is not that tenancy.
2. **Load the firm playbook or the standard positions.** Give the tool the positions the firm actually uses: liability cap, indemnity, governing law, assignment, privacy and termination. An empty “review this contract” prompt produces a generic essay. The Law Society of New South Wales solicitor’s guide expects the lawyer to understand what the tool was asked to do.
3. **Run the review clause by clause.** Ask for each playbook position, the clause number, and whether the draft matches, misses or contradicts it. Keep the tool on the document you uploaded. Queensland Guidance Statement No. 37’s confidentiality questions apply to the whole file, not only to the clauses the tool marks as risky.
4. **The lawyer reads flagged and unflagged clauses.** Read the clauses the tool flagged and a sample of the ones it did not. A missed indemnity is the usual failure, not a false alarm. The Uniform Law regulators’ statement does not let the firm delegate that reading to the product.
5. **Keep a record of the review.** Save the playbook version, the tool, the date, and the lawyer who accepted or changed the draft. If the client will be told that AI was used, the Queensland Law Society warning template is the place to start, not a sentence invented at the end.

## Tools named in this guide

| Tool | Australian data hosting | Profile region | Pricing model | Capabilities |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Harvey](https://ailawframework.com/software/harvey.md) | Offered | yes | Enterprise quote | Legal research, Contract drafting, Contract review and redlining, Clause libraries and playbooks, Due-diligence document review, Chronology building, Document summarisation, Knowledge search |
| [Robin Legal Intelligence Platform](https://ailawframework.com/software/robin-ai.md) | See the comparison that lists it | unknown | Enterprise quote | Contract review and redlining, Contract drafting, Clause libraries and playbooks, Knowledge search, Document summarisation, Due-diligence document review, Legal research, Agentic workflows |
| [Contract Review tool](https://ailawframework.com/software/infotrack-contract-review.md) | Offered | yes | Not established | Contract review and redlining, Due-diligence document review, Document summarisation, Data extraction, Deadline calculation and docketing, Document classification |

## Questions

**Is it allowed to use AI for contract review in Australia?**

Yes, as a playbook assistant, if the firm’s approved tool is used and a lawyer reviews the draft. The conduct duties of competence and confidentiality are unchanged.

**What tools are used for contract review?**

The catalogue includes Harvey, Robin AI and InfoTrack contract review, among others. Read the profile and the pricing page before you treat a figure as a quote.

**Does the tool’s “no issues” result end the review?**

No. Read clauses the tool did not flag. A silent clause is not a pass.

## Sources

- [Uniform Law regulators: Statement on AI use](https://lsbc.vic.gov.au/news-updates/news/statement-use-artificial-intelligence-australian-legal-practice)
- [LSNSW: Solicitor's guide to responsible AI use](https://www.lawsociety.com.au/AI-hub/solicitors-guide-responsible-use-artificial-intelligence)
- [QLS Guidance Statement No 37](https://www.qls.com.au/practising-law-in-qld/ethics/guidance-statements/no-37-artificial-intelligence-in-legal-practice)
- [Joint law societies AI selection and use checklist (2026)](https://www.qls.com.au/getmedia/066d9e41-b508-49a6-b428-d0ed8e29b54e/2026-FINAL-RISK-ASSESSMENT-TOOL-CON-BODS-AI-IN-LEGAL-PRACTICE-CONSULTING-COMMITTEE.pdf)
- [OAIC: commercially available AI products](https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-guidance-for-organisations-and-government-agencies/guidance-on-privacy-and-the-use-of-commercially-available-ai-products)

## Related

- [Commercial and corporate tasks](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-and-corporate-advisory.md)
- [Contract review tools](https://ailawframework.com/best/contract-review-clm)
- [Australian data hosting](https://ailawframework.com/guides/australian-data-hosting-legal-ai.md)
- [Law firm AI policy](https://ailawframework.com/guides/law-firm-ai-policy-australia.md)