An ‘AI legal team’ has won its first case. It’s a rare win for access to justice

gremlin/Getty Last week, the Fair Work Commission ruled Gregory Baker, a computing academic at Macquarie University, should be treated as an ongoing, part-time employee, after the university had earlier declined his request to convert from a casual role. It was immediately described as a “landmark” decision, the first test of Labor’s “employee choice pathway” reforms passed in 2024. But the ruling also made headlines for other reasons. Baker represented himself at the tribunal, and has said…