Related Clues:

• A law suit or a container
• A court proceeding
• It seems that the rage of the serpent has its point
• The sort of container that may follow a 5 down
• Box with a mate and be fortified
• It's meant, by the sound of it, to be 5 down (4)
• In court this could suit the carrier
• There's likely to be something in this matter in court
• With this box one might have a mate for added safety
• In this it's precautionary in the long clues above
• Objective, e.g
• Bulk beer buy
• Detective job
• Just in following accountants to the east
• Something for the court is 23-down without a second character