PRELIMINARY LEGAL WATCHLIST

PRELIMINARY LEGAL WATCHLIST – INTERNATIONAL COMPLICITY IN TREATY BREACH DEFENCE

21/07/2025

The following private law firms are hereby placed on formal public watch due to their historical involvement in government defence contracting and likely current advisory roles in relation to legal, ethical, and treaty breaches raised in this case:

• Clayton Utz – Known to defend the Commonwealth in toxic tort litigation and human rights exposure cases.

• MinterEllison – Historically briefed by the Attorney-General’s Department and Department of Veterans’ Affairs for matters involving public law, treaty interpretation, and reputational containment.

• HWL Ebsworth – Frequently engaged by Queensland Health, Centrelink, and other agencies named in this complaint; exposed in a major 2023 data breach involving government litigation files.

🇳🇿 New Zealand

Meredith Connell, Simpson Grierson

🇨🇦 Canada

Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG), Gowling WLG

🇩🇪 Germany

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Noerr LLP

These firms are currently under active scrutiny for potential complicity in:

• Legal obstruction of redress related to TCDD (dioxin) exposure.

• Suppression of ethics investigations involving the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.

• Strategic defence of intergenerational chemical harm involving children and disabled persons.

• Transnational coordination to manage reputational and financial risk for implicated state actors.

If evidence confirms direct involvement, formal legal notice will be issued under ICC and OECD jurisdiction, and each will be named under Annex D: Corporate Complicity and International Legal Risk.

This record stands as fair warning.

Silence from these firms will be treated as acknowledgment.