Key legal question
Whether the criminal conviction made the register entry incompatible with the lawyer profession under Art. 8(1)(b) BGFA
Extracted holding
Yes. Official forgery is a serious offence incompatible with the lawyer profession, and the conviction remained relevant until it no longer appeared in the private criminal record extract.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that acts such as forgery undermine the trustworthiness required of lawyers. Given the seriousness of the offence and the direct link in Zug between lawyer status and notarial powers, the authority had no reason to retain the register entry.