The case is expected to resume again on Friday of next week for directions and is likely to culminate in a hearing before the full bench of the high court.
Meanwhile, Clark's Worcester club-mate Bianca Blackburn is to get a first start on Sunday at scrum-half after an impressive display off the bench in Swansea.
Pirlo, who did not even make it off the bench on Sunday, has not made the brightest of starts but the speculation that he might not extend his contract past the end of this year is likely overblown.
The former was industrious rather than incisive, the latter vomiting upon his return to the bench having been substituted midway through the second period.
It's a wonderful place to sit on a bench and watch the world go by.
His fellow high court judge and friend, Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, now chief justice of Nauru, recalls his approachability and ease off the bench.
We think: person on a bench, who is dirty.
"The bench is protected … It is secure, it's deep and talented".
Benzema, meanwhile, runs to the bench to embrace Zinedine Zidane.
Blas Perez scored an obvious goal that was clearly over the line but we were robbed, and even though we got the equalizer deep into injury time it was a game that left a bad taste, even if to all intents and purposes it was a game we didn't expect much from beforehand, with George John out and Ferreira only available to come off the bench.
Treviso's Edoardo Gori replaces Fabio Semenzato at scrum-half while Simone Favaro drops to the bench with the flanker Robert Barbieri taking his place in the starting side.
