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BarNet, the BarNet star device, DeskFax, BVL, VLP, BarPhone, VirtualLibrary, and DeskSMS are each used as a trade mark by BarNetwork Pty Limited.

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Services

BarNet offers a large number of services which can be broadly grouped into network services and litigation support tools.

Network services

High speed internet access

Connect your chambers directly to the Internet through BarNet! We peer with a number of high speed providers to serve a fast, always-on Internet connection. If you need internet services at home or in other locations we can arrange that for you.

Nation-wide dialin

Access the BarNet network from anywhere in Australia when you are out of the office with our nation-wide dialin service.

Voice Over IP - the Internet Telephone

BarNet offers a variety of telphony services including Voice over IP or internet telephony, a free telephone conference facility and much more. Chambers connected to BarNet are able to take advantage of our full Voice Over IP (VoIP) Internet Telephone service. With VoIP you can make phone calls at a fraction of the regular cost.

Backup

You know you really should back up all that work you've been doing, but it's just too hard right? Not with BarNet's drag-and-drop backup tools! Access your encrypted or unencrypted disk space whenever you need it, wherever you need it.

Fax to email gateway

Try Deskfax, our fax to email gateway, to have your facsimiles sent to you via email in PDF format. Deskfax can also send faxes from any computer connected to the BarNet network.

SMS gateway

Send SMS's at low cost via email or the Web.

Webmail

Access your email any time of the day or night from any machine connected to the Internet.

Recycling

BarNet's computer recycling programme promotes the re-use or recycling of your computer or other electronic devices such as monitors or printers.

Litigation Support Tools

JADE

Judgments and Decisions Enhanced, is a BarNet initiative created to serve the Australian legal community. It collects the latest decisions of selected Australian Courts and Tribunals (including the High Court, Federal Court and State Supreme Courts) in an enhanced database.

Oxford English Dictionary

Access the Oxford English Dictionary online from the BarNet network.

LATEST NEWS

JADE -- Updated with even more features

Posted on 2010-06-30

BarNet has released Version 3.4 of JADE. The current version is at JADE – our Australian legal research solution designed by barristers for the legal profession. It has been substantially updated to make legal research even more enjoyable and accurate. Try our extremely popular CaseTrace feature.

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OpenLaw -- Make Jade even better

Posted on 2010-06-30

Openlaw is off and running. The first project is One to 100 in which the first 100 volumes of the Commonwealth Law Reports will be digitised. Please support us.

Information will be made available on BarNet's JADE Professional Legal Research Platform, to the National Library of Australia, and to AustLII.

Macquarie English Dictionary now available

Posted on 2010-05-04

Access to the Macquarie English Dictionary is now available at http://macquarie.barnet.com.au.

JADE Editors a blogging

Posted on 2010-02-21

A new site has been established as part of BarNet's ongoing OpenLaw initiative. For update information, discussions about JADE, and guides to the use of JADE (which are also available on the JADE site, please visit http://jadeful.wordpress.com.