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Clean Law is an Australian civil litigation law practice.
We act on the client side of civil disputes.
Our role is specific.
We help clients see cost, timing, settlement options and decision points before further litigation work is funded.
We separate settlement and cost oversight from courtroom advocacy.
We do not conduct contested courtroom advocacy in the same matter.
Where courtroom advocacy is required, the client retains an independent courtroom lawyer directly.
No referral fees.
No commissions.
No shared profits with courtroom lawyers or firms.
No courtroom-firm panels.
Legal Liaison Ltd provides legal services trading as Clean Law.
ACN 678 720 986 | ABN 54 678 720 986
Published: 1 July 2024 | Reviewed: 19 May 2026 Why Clean Law exists
Civil litigation cost rarely becomes difficult in one obvious moment.
It builds through ordinary steps.
A letter.
A conference.
An expert.
A pleading.
A mediation.
A procedural decision.
A further round of preparation.
Each step may appear reasonable on its own.
Together, those steps can move a matter further than the client expected.
By the time the full cost position is clear, the matter may already have momentum.
Clean Law exists to make that movement visible earlier.
The structural problem
The problem is not usually misconduct.
It is structure.
Civil litigation is technical, staged and cumulative.
Work may begin before its full cost effect is clear.
Settlement and trial preparation may move together.
Information may arrive after commitments have already formed.
A client may approve work without being practically able to test whether timing, scope and cost remain proportionate.
Clean Law was created to address that structural problem.
What Clean Law does
Clean Law assists clients before cost and procedure carry a matter forward.
Our work may include:
early case analysis
settlement strategy
mediation preparation
cost and timing oversight
stage-based funding approvals
escrow safeguards
independent tendering for courtroom lawyers
decision support before further work begins
The purpose is not to make litigation more aggressive.
The purpose is to make the cost path visible before it becomes hard to change.
What makes Clean Law different
In many civil disputes, settlement work and trial preparation sit inside one legal role.
That structure is common.
It is lawful.
It is professionally orthodox.
But it can make the cost path hard to separate.
Work done for settlement may also prepare the matter for trial.
Work done for trial may also be justified as settlement leverage.
Both paths may move together before the client has clearly chosen one.
Clean Law separates the roles.
Clean Law works in the settlement, timing and cost-visibility lane.
The courtroom lawyer, if needed, works in the trial preparation and advocacy lane.
The client funds one path at a time.
What Clean Law does not do
Clean Law does not replace the courtroom lawyer.
We do not run defended hearings.
We do not conduct trials.
We do not cross-examine witnesses.
We do not control the courtroom lawyer’s professional judgment.
We do not select the courtroom lawyer for the client.
We do not receive financial benefit from the client’s choice of courtroom lawyer.
The client remains the decision-maker.
The courtroom lawyer remains independent.
Clean Law remains in the client-side role.
Independence
Clean Law’s independence is structural.
We do not accept referral fees.
We do not accept commissions.
We do not share profits with courtroom lawyers or firms.
We do not maintain courtroom-firm panels.
We do not form financial alliances with courtroom practices.
This matters because cost oversight should not be financially tied to trial-fee generation.
A client should be able to compare courtroom lawyers without hidden financial influence.
A client should be able to consider settlement without the same role also benefiting from further trial preparation.
Money, timing and authority
Clean Law uses stage-based approvals and escrow safeguards where applicable.
Each stage has defined scope.
Each stage has a clear purpose.
Further work requires client authority.
Funds are connected to authorised stages of work.
Unearned funds remain controlled.
This creates stopping points before more cost is committed.
Legal identity
All legal services are provided by Legal Liaison Ltd, trading as Clean Law.
Legal Liaison Ltd is solely responsible for those legal services.
Clean Law operates under licence from B&W Trust.
B&W Trust does not provide legal advice.
B&W Trust does not provide legal representation.
Professional duties
Clean Law’s paramount duty is to the court and to the proper administration of justice.
Within that duty, we act in the interests of our clients in accordance with professional standards.
Our structure is designed so that:
client authority remains visible
cost decisions remain staged
settlement and advocacy roles remain separate
courtroom advocacy remains independent
financial relationships with courtroom firms are avoided
trust money obligations remain subject to audit requirements
Published safeguards
The boundaries of Clean Law’s role are set out in our published safeguard pages.
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In short
Clean Law was created around one structural idea:
civil litigation cost should not depend on reassurance alone.
It should be made visible in the way the matter is organised.
Separate the roles.
Define the stages.
Keep money controlled.
Keep advocacy independent.
Keep the client’s authority visible.