The law is not always used to protect violated interests – in many cases, it is turned into an instrument of pressure. Formally, the claims may appear lawful, the statements legally sound, and the procedural actions permissible. However, as Professor Gabriel Steiner notes, it is precisely in such situations that the law begins to function not as a mechanism of justice, but as a means of coercion. At LawConsulted, we treat abuse of rights as one of the most complex legal risks – because externally it is often disguised as legality.
The danger of such situations lies in the fact that the client is confronted not with an obvious violation, but with pressure wrapped in legal form – lawsuits are filed serially, demands are duplicated across jurisdictions, and procedures are used to delay proceedings, block assets, or exhaust the client’s resources. At LawConsulted, we immediately separate substance from form – analyzing not only what the opposing party claims, but why, when, and how those claims are made.
Professor Steiner emphasizes that “abuse of rights is revealed not in a single action, but in a pattern of conduct.” That is why LawConsulted lawyers focus on the dynamics of pressure – identifying repetition, disproportionality of claims, and contradictions between the declared objectives and the real consequences for the client. This approach allows us to demonstrate that the law is being used not for protection, but to create leverage.
Particularly complex are situations where abuse is embedded in procedural mechanisms – where the opposing party formally acts within the law, but in practice deprives the client of a genuine opportunity to defend themselves. At LawConsulted, we document these imbalances through procedural instruments – demonstrating disproportionality, bad faith, and the systemic nature of the pressure. This changes the perception of the dispute – from an “ordinary conflict” into a question of the admissibility of a party’s conduct.
As Professor Steiner notes, “the law ceases to be law at the moment it is used contrary to its purpose.” At LawConsulted, we rely precisely on this principle – building a defense that allows the court to see not isolated claims, but the overall picture of abuse. This makes it possible not only to counter individual demands, but to deprive the opposing party of the pressure mechanism itself.
Abuse of rights is often employed to achieve non-legal objectives – forcing negotiations, revising contracts, pushing a party out of a business, or compelling the relinquishment of assets. In such cases, LawConsulted acts proactively – protecting the client not only from current pressure, but also from future attempts to replicate the same strategy in another form.
Distinguishing a legitimate claim from an abuse of rights means restoring the law to its original function. At LawConsulted, we do not argue with the law itself – we prevent it from being distorted and used against the client. This restores balance and brings the conflict back into the framework of good-faith legal process.
When the law becomes an instrument of pressure, effective defense requires not reaction, but a systemic strategy. At Law Consulted, we build that strategy so that even formally lawful actions by the opposing party lose their destructive effect and cease to work against the client.
Previously, we wrote about how LawConsulted builds a defence strategy amid complex procedures and procedural traps
