Questão jurídica principal
Whether a part-time employed lawyer at a legal protection insurer satisfies the independence requirement for cantonal bar registration.
Decisão extraída
He may be registered only if his independent practice is structurally separate from the employment and he is barred from representing the employer’s insureds in litigation.
Fundamentação extraída
Independence under Art. 8(1)(d) LLCA is assessed structurally. A lawyer employed by an insurer may have a secondary independent practice, but cannot take litigation mandates from the employer’s insureds, because the employer’s interests may influence the conduct of those cases.