One case can mean paying for two futures.

Settlement and trial preparation can run at the same time — even if the case later settles.

Two independent legal roles.
Fund one primary path at a time.
You approve each funded stage before it begins.

Clean Law handles settlement and escrow oversight.
Your courtroom lawyer manages the court work.

Diagram showing that litigation costs become progressively more visible over time while the practical ability to change those costs gradually decreases.

→ How legal costs can grow before you see the full path

Why the Structure Matters

In most litigation, settlement work and trial preparation are performed within one blended role.
Both may be necessary.
But together, costs can become harder to see and control.
By the time the total becomes clear, your practical choices may have narrowed.
Clean Law separates those roles.

Diagram showing two independently retained lawyers performing different roles in the same dispute: Clean Law manages settlement, timing and escrow oversight, while a separately retained courtroom lawyer conducts pleadings, evidence and advocacy.

Each role remains independent.
Funding is organised around one primary path at a time, while necessary protective work may still continue.

How Incentives Stay Aligned

Clean Law can charge fixed fees for settlement and escrow oversight.
A results-based fee may apply if settlement avoids identifiable trial costs.
The capped fee does not increase merely because the matter takes longer.
You choose the courtroom lawyer.
Clean Law does not receive referral fees or share profits with courtroom firms.

Two Further Client Protections

Independent Tendering

Clean Law prepares one client-side case analysis.

You choose the courtroom lawyer.

No panels.
No commissions.
No fee sharing.

Escrow Authority

Your funds remain your trust money within the agreed escrow arrangements.

No stage begins and no funds move without your written approval.

When This Structure May Help

Commercial disputes
Business or shareholder conflicts
Building or strata matters
Other civil litigation where cost escalation risk is significant

Clean Law deliberately keeps contested courtroom advocacy separate.
Your courtroom lawyer remains independent.

Nicky Wang

Principal Solicitor, Clean Law

Nicky Wang is a Sydney litigation lawyer and the founder of Clean Law.
Her work focuses on civil litigation, dispute resolution and the way legal costs develop over the course of a dispute.

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