Key legal question
Whether the lawyer's statement about the opponent's 'not legal' means constituted defamation and was punishable.
Extracted holding
The statement was defamatory in itself, but it was justified by the lawyer's professional duty to safeguard his client's interests because it was case-related, limited in scope, and not made in bad faith.
Extracted reasoning
Process-related statements by counsel may be justified under Art. 32 StGB if they are relevant to the case, do not exceed what is necessary, and are not knowingly false; the impugned sentence, read in context, related to the custody issue and was not an unnecessary personal insult.