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Civil procedure in Switzerland is primarily governed by the Swiss Code of Civil Procedure ("SCCP").

Am 1. Januar 2025 treten die revidierten Bestimmungen der Schweizerischen Zivilprozessordnung (ZPO) und das Haager Gerichtsstandsübereinkommen (HGÜ) in Kraft.

On 15 June 2018, the Swiss parliament passed a revision of the statute of limitations. A special category of damages was created, namely personal injuries, to which a relative limitation period of three years ...

Under Swiss law, the sealing of evidence is a procedural tool available for the purposes of paralysing the effects of a criminal seizure or production order.

Die Vollstreckung eines ausländischen Massnahmeentscheids in der Schweiz erfordert zunächst dessen Anerkennung und - sofern durch die Natur des Entscheides bedingt...

Want to know how third-party funding works and how to best maximise your options in securing third-party funding in case of a dispute?

As reported in our Newsflash of 27 May 2025, the Swiss Arbitration Centre recently launched new Supplemental Swiss Rules for Trust, Estate and Foundation Disputes (TEF Rules).

Vorab sei bezüglich Sachverhalt, Prozessgeschichte und Erwägungen ergänzend auf den Beitrag von Roberto Fornito in dieser Angelegenheit hingewiesen.

ln 2007, Spain implemented various regulatory measures to incentivize foreign investment in renewable energy. Beginning in 2010, Spain retracted features of the relevant regulations.

That can make perfect commercial sense. Regulatory approval may be outside a party’s control, a third party may need to give its consent, or performance may depend on events elsewhere in the supply chain. In these situations, an absolute obligation to deliver a particular result may be unrealistic. Instead, the parties agree on how hard the party must try to achieve it.

In Switzerland, civil litigation is usually preceded by a mandatory conciliation phase that generally takes place before the local conciliation authority of the commune in which the defendant resides.

Refus d'appliquer la fiction du re-trait à un prévenu soumis à la dé-fense obligatoire, absent aux débats d'appel [p. 2]...

Sans prétention aucune à l'exhaustivité, la présente chronique résume certains des arrêts les plus pertinents rendus par le Tribunal fédéral (TF) en matière de procédure pénale au cours de l'année 2015.

Der London High Court of Justice hat sich in einem Urteil vom 6. August 2014 mit der Frage befasst, ob ein Schweizer Schlichtungsgesuch Rechtshängigkeit im Anwendungsbereich des Lugano-Übereinkommens zu begründen vermag.

In Switzerland, litigation is usually preceded by an attempt at conciliation before a conciliation authority.

Le 1er janvier 2025, les dispositions révisées du Code de procédure civile suisse (CPC) et la Convention de La Haye sur les fors (CLaH) entreront en vigueur.

Arbitrator ethics in international arbitration are governed by multiple overlapping sources rather than a single code. This article examines how national laws, institutional rules, professional codes, and international guidelines like the IBA instruments create a complex framework of obligations. Understanding which standards apply and their consequences is essential for practitioners navigating arbitrator conduct issues.