One case can mean paying for two futures.
Settlement and trial preparation can run at the same time — even if the case later settles.
Total cost — Where will the bill end?
Incentives — Under hourly billing, more work generally means more fees.
Next decision — Is the next legal step still worth funding?
Why the Structure Matters
Clean Law separates settlement work from courtroom work.
Our settlement bonus has a limit.
Courtroom fees go to a separately retained courtroom lawyer under a separate costs agreement.
Funding is staged through escrow, so you control the next funding decision.
When This Structure May Help
Commercial disputes
Business or shareholder conflicts
Building or strata matters
Other civil litigation where cost escalation risk is significant
Understand the structure
See how the two roles, separate costs arrangements and staged funding decisions work—and whether this structure may suit your matter.
Nicky Wang
Principal Solicitor, Clean LawNicky 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.