When a Case Splits in Two: Litigation Strategy and Cost Exposure After Lendlease v Pallas
Lendlease v Pallas confirms that multiple judicial review proceedings are not an abuse of process when each raises distinct legal errors. This article explains the ruling and how Clean Law’s cost-alignment and consolidated-tender safeguards give clients clarity on strategy and cost before committing to complex litigation.
Appeals, Evidence and Escalating Costs: What Fox v Percy Still Teaches About Litigation Risk
A leading case on appellate review, Fox v Percy shows how factual error can prolong disputes and increase cost. The judgment reveals why traditional models make clients fund both settlement work and trial or appeal preparation — and how Clean Law’s one-path structure avoids that duplication.
When Public Interest Litigation Meets Cost Exposure: Lessons from the SW Forests Costs Ruling
A High Court ruling on costs in environmental litigation shows how quickly procedural shifts can expand financial risk. Even in public-interest cases, conventional cost rules apply. This case highlights the value of Clean Law’s one-path funding, which avoids duplicated work when disputes become more complex.
When Silence Speaks: The Jones v Dunkel Principle and the Hidden Cost of Uncertainty
A leading case on missing witnesses, Jones v Dunkel shows how uncertainty forces courts to rely on inference — and how that uncertainty can create dual-track legal costs. Clean Law’s one-path funding model is designed to prevent clients paying for both settlement and litigation simultaneously.
When Allegations Are Serious: Why the Briginshaw Principle Still Shapes Risk Today
A 1938 High Court case on adultery still shapes civil evidence law today. Briginshaw highlights how serious allegations create deep factual uncertainty — and how traditional legal models turn that uncertainty into dual-track costs. Clean Law’s one-path structure is built to contain that risk.
When Power Shifts Suddenly: What the Russian Federation Lease Case Teaches About Cost Risk
A High Court ruling on the termination of a diplomatic lease shows how legal rights can shift suddenly and create long, expensive disputes. The case illustrates why complex matters often lead clients to fund both settlement and trial preparation — and how Clean Law’s one-path cost alignment prevents that duplication.
When Good Intentions Aren’t Enough: What Bargwanna Teaches About Client Funds and Structural Safety
The High Court in Bargwanna confirmed that purpose must be protected by structure, not intentions. In litigation, the same applies: clients need models that keep their funds aligned to their legal goals. Clean Law’s one-path, cost-aligned system is built so your funds stay in your lane.
When Responsibility Turns on Structure: What RCF IV Reveals About Power, Liability and Cost Control
The RCF IV case shows how unclear structures shift financial responsibility. In litigation, cost alignment prevents similar risks: clients fund one path, not both, and incentives are aligned so delay harms us, not them.
Sharpcan and the Purpose Problem in Litigation: Why Objectives Shape Outcomes and Costs
A High Court case on tax offers a quiet warning for civil litigants: purpose determines outcomes. If your goal is economic resolution, structural alignment — including two independent lawyers with one-path funding — prevents purpose drift and cost spiral.
When Discovery Becomes the Risk: Lessons from Otsuka v Generic Health (No 4)
A Federal Court decision refusing excessive late-stage discovery shows how quickly litigation costs can escalate without structural safeguards. This article explains the judgment, its relevance today, and how Clean Law’s cost-alignment model is designed to prevent similar risks.
When Brand Power Meets Copyright Limits
A fast-moving copyright dispute shows how urgent IP conflicts can trigger duplicated legal work. The Court’s reasoning on parody, satire, and criticism highlights the need for early clarity—and cost structures that prevent clients from paying for both settlement and trial paths at once.
When Product Claims Blur the Line: What the Botox® Case Shows About Power, Perception, and Proof
The High Court held that “instant Botox® alternative” was not used as a trade mark and conveyed no long-term efficacy claim. This case shows how assumptions about brand strength and reputation can drive unnecessary escalation. Clean Law’s one-path funding model is built to prevent those escalations before they become costly.
When Settlement Language Breaks: How an Ambiguous Clause Drove Years of Litigation
The High Court’s Lundbeck decision shows how a single ambiguous settlement clause can drive years of litigation. Structural cost alignment — not drafting habits alone — prevents these risks.
When One Missed Deadline Decides Everything
A High Court case showing that missing the 21-day statutory demand deadline removes the court’s jurisdiction entirely — and how Clean Law’s cost-alignment structure reduces the systemic delay risks that lead to this outcome.
When Tax Debts Become Insolvency Ammunition: Lessons from Broadbeach on Process, Power and Cost Risk
The Broadbeach decision shows how tax assessments can support statutory demands even while review is pending. This article explains the ruling and how one-path funding is built to stop clients paying for multiple litigation paths at once.
When Insolvency Turns on “Indulgence” - and Why Cost-Safety Still Matters
A landmark insolvent trading case showing how delay and unclear internal roles deepened financial exposure. Explains how Clean Law’s one-path cost-alignment model prevents similar risks.
When Directors Miss the Warning Signs: Insolvency, Oversight, and the Cost of Delay
A landmark insolvent trading case showing how delay and unclear internal roles deepened financial exposure. Explains how Clean Law’s one-path cost-alignment model prevents similar risks.
When Tax Schemes Become Directors’ Duties Risks: Lessons from BCI Finances Pty Ltd (in liq) v Binetter (No 4) [2016] FCA 1351
A complex tax-avoidance scheme triggered massive liabilities after directors failed to question conflicted decisions. Independent role separation helps prevent similar governance failures.
When Payments Hide Risk - power shifts fast when insolvency sits beneath the surface
A landmark insolvency case shows how ordinary payments become risky when timing and suspicion collide. Modern litigation carries similar exposure when clients pay for both settlement and trial. Clean Law’s one-path funding model is built to prevent that structural trap.