In the case of Bersheda and Rybolovlev v. Monaco the Court held that there had been a violation of the right to respect for private life concerning the first applicant.

The case concerned the conduct of a judicial investigation directed by a French judge seconded to the Monegasque courts. The Court took the view that the investigations undertaken by the investigating judge involving a lawyer’s mobile phone and the massive, indiscriminate recovery of personal data – including those that had previously been erased by the applicant – had exceeded that judge’s remit, which had been confined to accusations of invasion of privacy, and had not been accompanied by safeguards to ensure due respect for the applicant’s status and professional privilege as a lawyer.

The Court has declared the application inadmissible concerning the second applicant.

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