Questão jurídica principal
Whether the ordered production of documents held by the lawyer was compatible with attorney-client secrecy and the right to refuse edition
Decisão extraída
The files were protected by attorney secrecy; the lawyer could not be compelled to produce them.
Fundamentação extraída
The disputed payment was directly connected with lawyerly settlement negotiations and the escrow account was opened expressly for legal work. The authority failed to show a sufficient basis to override the professional secrecy.