The master thesis deals with the investigative act of the search of a house, with an emphasis on the searches of law firms. First of all, a few words are dedicated to general privacy and the review of the international and national legal basis. Attorneys are treated differently in European national laws, but providing protection is common to all regulations. Since there are no provisions in the European Convention on Human Rights that specifically regulate this field, it is important that the European Court of Human Rights deals with its interpretation, which I refer to myself on several occasions. The following discussion presents the special position of attorneys arising from the confidential relationship between them and the parties. Only if the client entrusts the attorney, will the attorney be able to provide effective defense. Due to the special situation, the general conditions for the searching a house are not sufficient, so we need special conditions in addition to the general ones. Since the Slovene regulations do not provide sufficient protection, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia, in decision U-I-115/14, Up-218/14, found numerous violations of the human rights of attorneys who were investigated and that the Criminal Procedure Act and the Attorneys Act are inconsistent with the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia. The final part deals with a new arrangement, which brings an important step forward in the protection of clients who seek legal assistance from attorneys. This is a transitional arrangement established by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia, which is in force until the legislature eliminate the unconstitutional regulation, and the amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act, which was adopted on 26th March 2019 (validity: 15 days after publication, use: 6 months after entry into force).
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