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Aceris Law
Arbitration, as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism, has gained broad acceptance due to its flexibility, efficiency, and ability to provide a simplified method for resolving disputes.
Aceris Law
Factual evidence plays the key role in international arbitration, as in all dispute resolution. It is generally accepted that a claim or defence of a party needs to be supported by evidence.
Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law
The Federal Council decided on 6 September 2023 that the first major revision of the Swiss Code on Civil Procedure, as the Swiss parliament adopted it on 17 March 2023, will enter into force on 1 January 2025.
Monfrini Bitton Klein
La présente Newsletter de Monfrini Bitton Klein vise à offrir, de manière hebdomadaire, un tour d'horizon de la jurispru-dence rendue par le Tribunal fédéral dans les principaux domaines d'activité de l'Etude, soit le droit pénal économique et le recouvrement d'actifs (asset recovery).
Prager Dreifuss
The global pandemic has firmly thrust the Swiss litigation scene into the 21st century. In future, if things go according to the government's plans, Swiss resident witnesses will soon be able...
Bär & Karrer
Arbitral tribunals endeavor to ensure the fair conduct of the proceedings. One issue that they may face in this context is deciding whether to allow parties to amend their claims and/or to submit new claims...
Bär & Karrer
Eine Darstellung der möglichst stolperfreien gesellschaftsrechtlichen. Schritte auf dem Weg von einer Seite der Landesgrenze auf die andere.
Lalive
The process of "disclosure", as it is known in England and Wales, or "discovery", as it is known in the US and in much of the Commonwealth, is for many civil law practitioners an unknown and conceptually alien legal construct.
Prager Dreifuss
On the basis of its constitutional authority to legislate by issuing direct orders to maintain public order, the Swiss Federal Council on April 16, 2020...
Bär & Karrer
On 26 February 2020, the Swiss Federal Council published the draft bill for a light revision of the Swiss Civil Procedure Code ("CPC").
Altenburger
In nessun altro campo come in quello giudiziario ancor'oggi si lavora rigorosamente in "modo cartaceo" – questa realtà sta per cambiare: la magistratura svizzera si digitalizza.
Altenburger
A partial action is one in which a creditor only claims part of the debt owed against the debtor in court.
Bär & Karrer
Switzerland is a contracting party to the New York Convention. It entered into force on 30 August 1965.
Niederer Kraft Frey AG
International Arbitration Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Switzerland, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries
Prager Dreifuss
A proposed new class action procedure should allow companies to make a ‘clean break' while facilitating a more efficient dispute resolution process overall.
Prager Dreifuss
Dr. Urs Feller und Nina Lim besprechen die neuen Instrumente des kollektiven Rechtschutzes. Die Vorschläge des Bundesrats sollen die kollektive Rechtsdurchsetzung in der Schweiz bei einer Vielzahl von Geschädigten verbessern und stärken.
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
L'Avant-Projet relatif à la révision partielle du Code de procédure civile suisse (CPC) a été soumis à consultation le 2 mars 2018. Il vise principalement à renforcer l'exercice collectif des droits.
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Am 2. März 2018 wurde die Vernehmlassung zu einer Teilrevision der Schweizerischen Zivilprozessordnung (ZPO) eröffnet. Der Vorentwurf bezweckt insbesondere eine Stärkung des kollektiven Rechtsschutzes.
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
On 2 March 2018, the Swiss Federal Council initiated the consultation phase regarding a partial revision of the Swiss Civil Procedure Code (CPC).
Gabriel Arbitration AG
Set-off situations are frequent in international arbitration and are treated differently in common law and civil law jurisdictions. The present article analyses set-off from a Swiss civil law perspective...
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