ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF THE OPINIONS OF THE SWISS SUPREME COURT
As a service to the international arbitration community, ZPG provides English translations of the opinions of the Supreme Court of Switzerland in international arbitration cases issued after January 1, 2008 (and some earlier ones). The translations were prepared by Dr. Charles Poncet and they may be used or reproduced freely without any charge. An indication of the source will be appreciated.
This case dated March 27, 2012 is a landmark in Swiss jurisprudence and therefore called for an immediate translation into English in view of the great interest of the decision. It is certainly worth reading.
As you will see, the case involved FIFA and a Brazilian player known as Matuzalem, who p...
This opinion dated February 13, 2012 that is of moderate interest involved a complex dispute between two tennis players and both the Flemish Tennis Federation and the World Anti-Doping Agency. The two tennis players had been banned for a year for alleged violations of anti-doping rules and an appeal...
This quite interesting opinion dated January 31st, 2012, involved a supply and joint venture agreement between an American and another company, essentially purporting to provide for exclusive distribution rights in the Nafta area.
The Contract contained an ICC arbitration clause and when a disput...
This judgment, dated January 4, 2012 and the first decision issued in 2012, is quite interesting and deserves reading.
It involved a Tunisian businessman who entered into certain agreements with some foreign companies. The agreements contained an opting out of appeals worded as follows:
“The d...
This fairly interesting decision issued by the Federal Tribunal on December 9, 2011 involved a family dispute in which a son entered into a preliminary agreement for a donation by his father to his adopted daughter’s husband. The contract contained an arbitration clause. When the donor died the daug...
You will find hereafter the last decision that the Federal Tribunal issued in the field of international arbitration in 2011. As you will see, the case is quite interesting and the opinion deserves to be read.
It has already been the object of some reports or commentaries, notably by Hans Jörg St...
The case involved a 2006 Sales Contract between a company described in the opinion as “Buyer” and an English company and a Canadian resident, the former acting as trustee for a trust owning the shares sold to the Buyer. Simultaneously, an employment contract was entered into between a company based ...
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