Mr. Myles Gilvarry, Chairman of the Sligo division of the Employment Appeals Tribunal, made an interesting preliminary decision last month relating to a preliminary point raised by the Claimant Employee’s Solicitor Brian Morgan as to whether the respondent's representatives, Peninsula Business Services (Ireland) Limited (“Peninsula”), were entitled to claim Legal Advice Privilege arising out of various advices given by them to the Respondent employer Fastcom Broadband Limited during the course of a grievance process instigated by the employee prior to the termination of his employment with the company.

The employer had invited the claimant to meetings informing him that his position was at risk.  The claimant received minutes which he stated were not a true reflection of what