Disclosure of the essential content of legal advice in council officer reports and meetings with affected parties may constitute partial disclosure sufficient to impliedly waive legal professional privilege over the full advice. An allegation of improper purpose alone does not bring the decision-maker's state of mind into play so as to displace privilege. Discovery is available in prerogative writ proceedings but only in compelling circumstances.
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