Australian commercial law firm Holding Redlich has launched a major pilot of Cicero, an AI litigation platform developed by Australian legal technology company Automatise, following successful trials earlier this year.
The pilot will run across key practice groups, including dispute resolution and litigation, workplace relations and safety, as well as construction, infrastructure and projects.
The firm's Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra offices will take part in the trial.
The pilot will run over the next two months, monitored by a joint evaluation team assessing Cicero's impact across metrics including document throughput, turnaround times for legal advice and overall lawyer satisfaction.
Sydney-based Automatise developed Cicero specifically for litigation workflows and evidence-heavy matters.
It is designed to help legal teams handle large document sets efficiently whilst ensuring forensic defensibility and auditability.
The platform offers automated document parsing and optical character recognition, converting mixed file types into searchable text and splitting large bundles into cleanly tagged documents.
Cicero includes objective coding and smart summaries that capture essential metadata, and generate concise 50 to 100 word overviews, helping teams triage large volumes of material efficiently.
Natural-language fact investigations allow lawyers to ask questions and receive answers linked to source extracts to enhance the accuracy of evidence reviews.
On-demand chronologies enable users to build detailed timelines along chosen tracks in minutes rather than days.
The platform has been adapted based on feedback from the firm's legal teams, with security and data sovereignty being top priorities for both the firm and its clients.
"Cicero has already shown it can reduce document review time, surface contradictions at an early stage and free our lawyers to focus on analysis rather than administration," Holding Redlich chief information officer Damian Della Gatta said.
"Integrating tools like Cicero into our processes not only offers ample learning and development opportunities, but also helps attract and retain talent."
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