you are representing an injured work who is the objecting party in a Workplace Safety and Insurance Act appeal. On the hearing date, you get to the tribunal early. While you are waiting for your client outside the hearing room, you begin chatting with a paralegal colleague who is there on another matter. Your colleague asks you if you appeared on previous matters before the appeals resolution officer who is presiding that day. "every time I get her, I also get a bad result," your colleague says. "that woman loves employers. She'll go to any lengths to force an injured worker to go back to work." Several people, including your client, who are standing nearby overhear your colleague's remarks.

Questions for discussion:

Consider the appropriateness or otherwise of your colleague's comment, with reference to the applicable rule(s). How should you respond?