Clear legal answers, checked against the legislation
Why I built LucidLaw
Adelaide, South Australia
I'm Jarrod Osborn. I live in Adelaide. I'm not a lawyer.
I've spent years around contracts, property and small business deals. What struck me is how often ordinary people are in the wrong not because they broke a rule, but because nobody told them what the rule was. The information exists. It's just written for lawyers.
So people either pay for advice they can't really afford, or they guess. Most guess.
LucidLaw is my attempt at the third option. Every legal rule on this site is checked against the legislation, with the section shown, so you can check it yourself. Where something is published practice rather than law, it says so. No jargon. No account required. If your situation needs a lawyer, I'll say so.
It's early, and I'm building it in the open. If something here is wrong or unclear, email me directly — jarrod@jarrodosborn.au. I read everything that comes in.
How the legal information is checked
Every legal statement on this site goes through the same three steps before it is published.
- Read at the source. The rule is taken from the legislation itself, not from a summary, a blog or another AI.
- Recorded with its section. The section number and the wording of the provision are both kept on file, so any figure can be traced back and checked.
- If it can't be verified, it isn't stated. Where a source can't be reached or a point can't be confirmed, it is recorded as a gap and left off the site. No guessing, no filling in.
What LucidLaw is not. It isn't legal advice, and it isn't a substitute for a lawyer. It tells you what the law says and what your options are. Deciding what to do about your own situation is a different thing, and for anything serious you should speak to someone admitted to practise.
Where it's going
LucidLaw is a set of free guides and tools. It started with renting in South Australia, where the questions were most urgent and the law was least explained. It grows one area at a time, guided by the questions people actually ask, and each area is added only once its rules have been read at the source.
LucidLaw began as an idea for an AI legal platform. Along the way I learned what people actually need: not a promise of something years away, but a clear answer and a way to act on it now. So that's what LucidLaw does: guides checked at the source, and practical tools to help you take the next step. If something you need is missing, the email above reaches me directly.