MCP and the quiet shift in how legal software is evolving
The NSW Contract for Sale of Land has been updated for the first time since 2022, and from 1 June 2026, the new edition is not optional.
The NSW Contract for Sale of Land has been updated for the first time since 2022, and from 1 June 2026, the new edition is not optional.
The 2026–27 Federal Budget, handed down on the evening of Tuesday the 12th of May 2026, carries more than cost-of-living headlines. Beneath the five rounds of personal income tax cuts and fuel excise relief sits a set of structural reforms that will reshape how Australians invest in property, how discretionary trusts are taxed, and how the negative gearing rules interact with new versus established housing. For lawyers, conveyancers, real estate professionals, and accountants, the downstream effects of these changes will arrive quickly, and they will arrive in volume.
Most technology decisions in a law firm begin with a product demonstration and end with a contract. What happens in between, the day-to-day responsiveness, the willingness to pick up the phone, the sense that a partner is genuinely invested in the firm’s success, is rarely part of the evaluation process. For Anna Kenny, Operations Manager at VRT Lawyers, it is the only thing that truly matters.
Thirteen years in this industry teaches you something important: the firms that thrive through regulatory and technological change are rarely the ones that react fastest. They are the ones that invested early, deliberately, and with a clear point of view about where their clients were heading. That principle shapes everything we build at InfoTrack, and it is the lens through which I want to share what we have been working on, and more importantly, why.
Australia’s Tranche 2 AML/CTF reforms mark one of the most significant regulatory shifts to impact the property sector in decades. From 1 July 2026, lawyers and conveyancers will formally step into the role of “gatekeepers” within the financial system, with new obligations designed to detect and deter financial crime.
The NSW Contract for Sale of Land has been updated for the first time since 2022, and from 1 June 2026, the new edition is not optional.
The 2026–27 Federal Budget, handed down on the evening of Tuesday the 12th of May 2026, carries more than cost-of-living headlines. Beneath the five rounds of personal income tax cuts and fuel excise relief sits a set of structural reforms that will reshape how Australians invest in property, how discretionary trusts are taxed, and how the negative gearing rules interact with new versus established housing. For lawyers, conveyancers, real estate professionals, and accountants, the downstream effects of these changes will arrive quickly, and they will arrive in volume.