Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the seal-lifting order for law-office files was admissible despite professional secrecy
Extrahierter Entscheid
The order was admissible because the suspect lawyer could not rely on professional secrecy for his own suspected offenses, and there were concrete indications of abusive use of the law-office infrastructure.
Extrahierte Begründung
The Court held that search and unsealing are permitted when the lawyer is himself suspected, when non-privileged commercial activities are involved, or when there are concrete signs of abuse of the law office for criminal purposes. A general fishing expedition is not allowed, but the requested review was sufficiently specific here.