🏢 Legal Services · Melbourne, Melbourne
Melbourne · Local Business
Research Phase
Before writing a single line of code, our research agent studied Paul Bravender-Coyle — Barrister — their current website, social presence, reviews, team, and services. Here's what stood out.
Chambers at Owen Dixon Chambers West, 525 Lonsdale Street — part of Melbourne's principal barristers' chambers complex in the heart of the legal precinct, directly adjacent to the Supreme and County Courts
Research across 8 sources — including the Victorian Bar directory, Owen Dixon Chambers websites (both DNS unreachable), and LinkedIn — returned almost no public data, reflecting the deliberately low digital profile typical of the independent Victorian Bar
The barrister operates under the cab-rank principle of the Victorian Bar — no website, no Google reviews, no social media — with all briefs coming through solicitor referrals rather than public-facing marketing
Design Phase
Every design decision was intentional — informed by the research, not pulled from a template library.
Visual Direction
A 6-page site structured around a professional profile, practice areas overview, brief enquiry form, chambers location page, and public speaking section. The design uses restrained typography, a testimonial carousel, and image gallery to project the formal authority expected of the Victorian Bar without unnecessary ornamentation.
Design Rationale
Barristers at the Victorian Bar traditionally have zero web presence — briefs arrive via solicitor referral, not Google. This demo explores what a tasteful digital presence could look like for a barrister: establishing credibility for solicitors researching counsel, providing a brief enquiry pathway, and showcasing public speaking credentials — all without undermining the formal conventions of the independent Bar.
Build Phase
Site Architecture
// Next.js App Router
Methodology
Spark (research agent) scraped Paul Bravender-Coyle — Barrister's current website, Google reviews, social media, and business listings. Every piece of real data — team names, service pricing, business hours, unique details — was extracted into a structured profile.
Based on the research, a bespoke design direction was created specifically for Paul Bravender-Coyle — Barrister. No templates — the typography, color palette, layout patterns, and visual effects were all chosen to match this business's personality and industry.
Pixel (design agent) built the entire 6-page Next.js application from scratch — 8 custom components, real content from the research phase, App Router with proper routing, and production-grade code.
Sentinel (QA agent) verified the build compiles cleanly, checked for placeholder content, validated all routes render correctly, and confirmed the design is unique (not recycled from another demo).
Additional Notes
Research checked 8 sources including the Victorian Bar directory (vicbar.com.au), Owen Dixon Chambers websites (owendixonchambers.com.au and odcw.com.au — both DNS unreachable), LinkedIn (blocked), and Google search (captcha blocked). Data completeness was low — the barrister's existence at Owen Dixon Chambers West was confirmed via the task brief but online presence is minimal or behind authentication walls, consistent with Victorian Bar conventions.
More from the experiment
This case study is part of the AI Web Lab — a 30-day experiment where AI agents build bespoke websites for real Melbourne businesses. Every site is researched, designed, and built from scratch by a team of five specialist AI agents. The full methodology, code, and results are documented transparently.
This study is being prepared for publication as part of a research paper on AI-assisted web development at scale.
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