Civil procedure allows legal counsel to act as a process agent for a business client without being an employee.

The Supreme Court resolved a legal question regarding whether a legal counsel could represent a business client in a specific labor dispute without being that client's employee. The lower court had rejected a request for service of judgment because the counsel, acting for a law firm, was not formally employed by the defendant company. The court ruled that the statutory requirement for an employee status was superseded by the 1982 Legal Counsel Act, which permits independent legal services on a contract basis. Consequently, the court held that a legal counsel providing business services under the relevant commercial activity law may validly serve as a process agent for the client.