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 )?