SWITZERLAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Simon Gabriel, Axel Buhr, Roxane Schmidgall and Audrey Duffner GABRIEL Arbitration
Germany
France
Bern
Switzerland
Italy
Contents 1. General p.979 1.1 Prevalence of Arbitration p.979 1.2 Key Industries p.979 1.3 Arbitration Institutions p.980 1.4 National Courts p.980 2. Governing Legislation p.981 2.1 Governing Law p.981 2.2 Changes to National Law p.981 3. The Arbitration Agreement p.981 3.1 Enforceability p.981 3.2 Arbitrability p.982 3.3 National Courts’ Approach p.982 3.4 Validity p.982 4. The Arbitral Tribunal p.983 4.1 Limits on Selection p.983 4.2 Default Procedures p.983 4.3 Court Intervention p.983 4.4 Challenge and Removal of Arbitrators p.983 4.5 Arbitrator Requirements p.984 5. Jurisdiction p.984 5.1 Challenges to Jurisdiction p.984 5.2 Circumstances for Court Intervention p.984 5.3 Timing of Challenge p.984 5.4 Standard of Judicial Review for Jurisdiction/ Admissibility p.985 5.5 Breach of Arbitration Agreement p.985 5.6 Jurisdiction Over Third Parties p.985 6. Preliminary and Interim Relief p.985
7. Procedure p.986 7.1 Governing Rules p.986 7.2 Procedural Steps p.986 7.3 Powers and Duties of Arbitrators p.986 7.4 Legal Representatives p.987 8. Evidence p.987 8.1 Collection and Submission of Evidence p.987 8.2 Rules of Evidence p.987 8.3 Powers of Compulsion p.988 9. Confidentiality p.988 9.1 Extent of Confidentiality p.988 10. The Award p.988 10.1 Legal Requirements p.988 10.2 Types of Remedies p.988 10.3 Recovering Interest and Legal Costs p.989 11. Review of an Award p.989 11.1 Grounds for Appeal p.989 11.2 Excluding/Expanding the Scope of Appeal p.990
11.3 Standard of Judicial Review p.990 12. Enforcement of an Award p.990 12.1 New York Convention p.990 12.2 Enforcement Procedure p.991 12.3 Approach of the Courts p.991 13. Miscellaneous p.991 13.1 Class Action or Group Arbitration p.991 13.2 Ethical Codes p.991 13.3 Third-Party Funding p.991 13.4 Consolidation p.992 13.5 Binding of Third Parties p.992
6.1 Types of Relief p.985 6.2 Role of Courts p.986 6.3 Security for Costs p.986
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