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is concerned with client legal privilege of unrepresented parties. It provides protection from disclosure in a court proceeding for confidential communications between a party who is not represented by a lawyer and other persons and for documents prepared by, or at the request of the party, for the dominant purpose of preparing for or conducting the proceeding. The "dominant purpose" test adopted in the above provisions is more liberal than the "sole purpose" test adopted in the decision of the High Court of Australia in Grant v Downs (1976) 135 CLR 674.