The Petal.
The podcast that brings you the day in Australian law — daily perambulations through the courts, on your drive to work. Currently sporadic whilst we test and improve.
What is The Petal?
The Petal is a law podcast — an AI-narrated brief drawn from the same case coverage that powers the JADE Ledger. Episodes are currently sporadic whilst we test and improve, with specialist desks reporting on criminal, commercial, public, and trans-Tasman matters, all curated for legal principle over sensation. Theme music is composed by Michael Green SC, and coverage spans Australia and New Zealand.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts — on Apple Podcasts, or on your commute. Nothing in the program is legal advice.
Sourced from the JADE Ledger · A BarNet OpenLaw production
Daily. Fortnightly.
Monthly. Deep.
The Petal Daily Brief Daily
An eight-minute narration of the day’s court and tribunal decisions — the legal principle behind each judgment, distilled for the drive to work.
The Fortnight in Practice Bi-weekly
A deeper twice-monthly sweep across nine practice areas, connecting the fortnight’s decisions into the trends that matter to your work.
The Petal: In Practice Monthly
A monthly episode dedicated to a single practice area, surveying its most significant developments in depth.
The Petal: Deep Dive Feature
Long-form analysis of landmark judgments — the reasoning, the context, and what it changes for practitioners.
Every practice area, every day.
Questions & Answers
A few things listeners often ask about how The Petal is made and what it covers.
Every episode is narrated by AI, built from the same curated case coverage that feeds the JADE Ledger — so the voice is consistent and the content is current, day after day.
Selection favours legal principle over headline-grabbing outcomes. The Petal is curated to help practitioners stay across what actually shifts the law, not just what made the news.
Yes. Alongside the full spread of Australian courts and tribunals, The Petal covers New Zealand decisions of Trans-Tasman relevance.
The theme music was composed by Michael Green SC, giving each episode a distinct, professional signature drawn from within the legal community it serves.
Listen. Learn. Arrive briefed.
Available on Apple Podcasts, or explore the full case coverage behind every episode on ledger.jade.io.