Communicated on 28 September 2020
Published on 19 October 2020
THIRD SECTION
Application no. 2898/14
Vladimir Aleksandrovich KIRILLOV
against Russia
lodged on 16 December 2013
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applicant is a lawyer admitted to the Bar. The application concerns a search of the applicant’s professional premises which was based on a broad court search warrant and carried out without requisite procedural safeguards.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
As regards the searches of the applicant’s professional premises, was the interference with the applicant’s right to respect for his private life, home and correspondence “necessary in a democratic society” as required by Article 8 of the Convention? In particular, was the applicant afforded sufficient procedural safeguards against interference with professional secrecy (see Smirnov v. Russia, no. 71362/01, §§ 44 and 48, 7 June 2007; Kolesnichenko v. Russia, no. 19856/04, §§ 31-35, 9 April 2009; Yuditskaya and Others v. Russia, no. 5678/06, §§27-31, 12 February 2015; Kruglov and Others v. Russia, nos. 11264/04 and 15 others, § 132, 4 February 2020)?
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