European Court of Human Rights upholds claims regarding right to a fair trial and right to private and family life in the context of dawn raids

On 2 April 2015, the European Court of Human Rights upheld applications by Vinci Construction France and GTM Génie Civil et Services regarding claims that, in the context of unannounced inspections carried out by the French competition authority on the companies, their rights to a fair trial and to private and family life (particularly with regard to documents protected by legal professional privilege) had been violated in breach of Articles 6 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights respectively.