Switzerland: Disclosure & Electronic Discovery & Privilege

Artificial intelligence has made it easier than ever to create convincing fake videos, audio recordings, and images—raising urgent questions about how international arbitration tribunals should handle disputed audiovisual evidence. As deepfakes become more sophisticated and harder to detect, arbitrators face a growing challenge: determining not just what weight to give evidence, but whether that evidence is authentic at all.

In QPQ Limited v Schute [2025] IEHC 474, the High Court (Court) considered the defendant's application to admit into evidence certain correspondence exchanged between the parties' solicitors.

International Arbitration Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Switzerland, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

The contours of legal professional privilege vary from one jurisdiction to another. In transnational internal investigations or in multi-jurisdictional criminal proceedings.

In den vergangenen Monaten äusserten sich zuerst das Bundesstraf- und anschliessend das Bundesgericht zum Umfang des anwaltlichen Berufsgeheimnisses in internen Untersuchungen.

J'exerce dans ce milieu depuis de nombreuses années et je sais que la perspective d'un litige ou d'une enquête est tout sauf réjouissante. Quoi qu'il en soit, avec l'aide adéquate, ce n'est pas...