Whether memoranda furnishing content of advice provided to worker by a union official prior to engagement of solicitors and judicial proceedings is precluded from production due to legal professional privilege. Based on the evidence before the Tribunal, the relationship between the worker and the union officials was not of client and lawyer and extending legal professional privilege would offend the RTW Act and the SAET Act.
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