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The only answer with the potentially messy cases postulated by Guy, is to break it down as a builder or property developer would do looking at groundworks and planning risks, and provide a "menu" of prices eg "If they cave in and offer to settle after a robust exchange, it is likely to be X, but if we have to pursue injunction proceedings they we are looking at Y if they compromise, and the best part of Z if they fight it out. We can look at indicative costings for substantive proceedings only AFTER each of the stages."

It can be explained to those hard of understanding that the betting changes in a football tournament after the early stages and certain fancied teams have been knocked out.