Tax, Trust and Technology Lawyers

Tax Specialists

We fix tax problems and resolve tax disputes. We prepare high-level tax documentation for complex structures and transactions as well as dealing with revenue authorities and other parties about those structures and transactions.

We draft and advise on novel and difficult trust deeds and equitable interests, and the boundaries and consequences of trust administration and transactions. We advise upon new technologies and have a deep and technical understanding of how they operate.  We have practical experience in automation, systems operation, artificial intelligence, conversation agents and cryptocurrencies. We provide advice and related documents to lawyers, accountants, and advisors, for their clients. We do not accept instructions directly from members of the public. Instead, we are engaged as specialists who are part of a broader team of advisors, in a role akin to Counsel.

We do not accept instructions that are outside the areas of tax, trust or technology. We only accept litigation instructions where a tax office is one of the parties.  With our rigid focus we are able to offer a high level of technical ability in our narrow field to compliment a client’s primary lawyers, accountants and advisors who are our instructors.

Artificial Intelligence

In addition to its legal practice, Cartland Law has for a number of years designed, built, and operated artificial intelligence systems for use within the firm. The firm’s first artificial intelligence system, Ailira, passed the Adelaide University tax law exam, defeated a paralegal on ABC Television’s AI Race, and powered the world’s first Law Firm Without Lawyers. These systems have been used in live tax disputes, technical legal analysis, document production, and internal workflow automation.

As a consequence of this work, and in response to demand from existing clients and professional colleagues, a separate business, Cartland AI Pty Ltd, has been established. Cartland AI designs and implements artificial intelligence systems for use in law and tax practice.

Cartland AI does not offer off-the-shelf products or generic software. Its work involves configuring and deploying leading AI platforms so they operate within a firm’s existing systems, workflows, and professional obligations. The focus is on making technology work inside real professional practice, rather than requiring professional practice to adapt to pre-packaged tools.

This work is practical and embedded. Cartland AI builds, deploys, and integrates systems into live environments, working directly with lawyers and staff as those systems are adopted into daily practice. This includes structuring and preparing data, training professionals in correct and supervised use, and designing workflows that operate consistently with privilege, confidentiality, and legal responsibility.

Cartland AI accepts instructions in relation to law or tax artificial intelligence only. Instructions are accepted from other professional firms, clients, and legal technology companies. Its work is informed by, and closely aligned with, the firm’s specialist tax and trusts practice, including the requirements of confidentiality, privilege, supervision, and professional responsibility.