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Arbitration

Overview of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court’s Case Law in Arbitration (1 March 2018 to 31 December 2022)

Fabrice Robert-Tissot

Sumin Jo

Patrick Pithon

Proposition de citation: Fabrice Robert-Tissot / Sumin Jo / Patrick Pithon, Arbitration, in : Jusletter 14 août 2023

This contribution summarises the case law of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter: «ECtHR») in international and domestic arbitration issued between 1 March 2018 and 31 December 2022. In the first part, the authors have selected the most important decisions. The summary of the factual background and the analysis of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court is followed by a brief commentary on the relevant decision. The second part contains a general presentation of the case law of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court rendered in international and domestic arbitration during the relevant period, following the order of the grievances of Articles 190(2) of the Federal Act on Private International Law (hereinafter: «PILA») and 393 of the Swiss Civil Procedure Code (hereinafter: «CPC»).

Table des matières

Part I: Most Important Decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court on International Arbitration – Summary and Commentary
- I. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ATF 144 III 559 (4A_396/2017 of 16 October 2018)
- II. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_65/2018 of 11 December 2018
- III. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ATF 147 III 49 (4A_248/2019, 4A_398/2019 of 25 August 2020; Caster Semenya Case)
- IV. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ATF 144 III 120 (4A_260/2017 of 20 February 2018)
- V. European Court of Human Rights, Mutu Adrian, Pechstein Claudia v. Switzerland, Decision no. 40575/10, 2 October 2018
- VI. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ATF 145 III 199 (4A_646/2018 of 17 April 2019)
- VII. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ATF 147 III 65 (4A_318/2020 of 22 December 2020; Sun Yang case)
- VIII. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ATF 146 III 142 (4A_306/2019 of 25 March 2020; Clorox v. Venezuela)
- IX. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ATF 147 III 107 (4A_124/2020 of 13 November 2020; STX v. Singaporean Companies and Bangladeshi Companies)
Part II: Overview of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court’s Case Law in International and Domestic Arbitration
- I. International Arbitration
  - A. Admissibility of Appeals in Civil Matters
    - 1. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4F_8/2018 of 14 March 2018
    - 2. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_198/2020 of 1 December 2020
    - 3. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_460/2021 of 3 January 2022
    - 4. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_564/2021 of 2 May 2022
    - 5. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ATF 147 III 500 (4A_612/2020 of 18 June 2021)
    - 6. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_114/2018 of 14 August 2018
    - 7. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_453/2021 of 2 December 2021
    - 8. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_80/2018 of 7 February 2020
    - 9. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_564/2021 of 2 May 2022
    - 10. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_542/2021 of 28 February 2022
    - 11. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_580/2017 of 4 April 2018
    - 12. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_560/2018 of 16 November 2018
    - 13. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_284/2021 of 4 August 2021
    - 14. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_478/2020 of 29 December 2020
    - 15. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_548/2019 of 29 April 2020
    - 16. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_618/2020 of 2 June 2021
    - 17. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_580/2017 of 4 April 2018
    - 18. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_478/2017 of 2 May 2018
    - 19. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_80/2018 of 7 February 2020
    - 20. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_491/2017 of 24 May 2018
    - 21. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_300/2020 of 24 July 2020
    - 22. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_146/2019 of 6 June 2019
    - 23. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_416/2020 of 4 November 2020
    - 24. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_300/2018 of 22 August 2018
    - 25. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_300/2021 of 11 November 2021
    - 26. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_40/2018 of 26 September 2018
    - 27. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_277/2021 of 21 December 2021
    - 28. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_194/2022 of 30 August 2022
    - 29. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_106/2022 of 5 May 2022
    - 30. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_22/2021 of 24 March 2021
    - 31. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_444/2020 of 1 December 2020
    - 32. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_200/2021 of 21 July 2021
    - 33. Decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_248/2019, 4A_398/2019 of 25 August 2020 (not reported in ATF 147 III 49)
    - 34. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_7/2019 of 21 March 2019
    - 35. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_382/2021 of 24 September 2021
    - 36. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_322/2020 of 8 December 2020
    - 37. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_462/2018 of 4 July 2019
  - B. Improper Appointment of the Sole Arbitrator and Improper Composition of the Arbitral Tribunal (Article 190(2)(a) PILA)
    - 1. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_520/2021 of 4 March 2022
    - 2. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_462/2021 of 7 February 2022
    - 3. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_248/2019, 4A_398/2019 of 25 August 2020 (not reported in ATF 147 III 49)
    - 4. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_404/2021 of 24 January 2022
    - 5. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ATF 147 III 379 (4A_332/2020 of 1 April 2021)
    - 6. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_292/2019 of 16 October 2019
  - C. Jurisdiction (Article 190(2)(b) PILA)
    - 1. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_426/2017 of 17 April 2018
    - 2. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_300/2018 of 22 August 2018
    - 3. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_198/2020 of 1 December 2020
    - 4. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_136/2018 of 30 April 2018
    - 5. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_187/2020 of 23 February 2021
    - 6. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_287/2019 of 6 January 2020
    - 7. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_247/2017 of 18 April 2018
    - 8. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_140/2022 of 22 August 2022
    - 9. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_461/2019 of 2 November 2020
    - 10. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_272/2019 of 4 September 2019
    - 11. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_583/2017 of 1 May 2018
    - 12. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_314/2017 of 28 May 2018
    - 13. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_80/2018 of 7 February 2020
    - 14. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_618/2019 of 17 September 2020
    - 15. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ATF 147 III 586 (4A_166/2021 of 22 September 2021)
    - 16. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_174/2021 of 19 July 2021
    - 17. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_583/2017 of 1 May 2018
    - 18. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_418/2019 of 18 May 2020
    - 19. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_314/2017 of 28 May 2018
    - 20. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_564/2020 of 7 June 2021
    - 21. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_314/2017 of 28 May 2018
    - 22. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_27/2022 of 10 May 2022
    - 23. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_12/2019 of 17 April 2020
    - 24. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_272/2019 of 4 September 2019
    - 25. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_355/2021 of 18 January 2022
    - 26. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_268/2019 of 17 October 2019
    - 27. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_27/2021 of 7 May 2021
    - 28. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_406/2021 of 14 February 2022
    - 29. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_344/2021 and 4A_346/2021 of 13 January 2022
    - 30. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_64/2022 of 18 July 2022
    - 31. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_65/2018 of 11 December 2018
    - 32. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_398/2021 of 20 May 2022
  - D. Ultra and Infra Petita Award (Article 190 (2)(c) PILA)
    - 1. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_314/2017 of 28 May 2018
    - 2. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_294/2019 of 13 November 2019
    - 3. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_284/2018 of 17 October 2018
    - 4. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_198/2020 of 1 December 2020
    - 5. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_516/2020 of 8 April 2021
  - E. Equality of the Parties and Right to Be Heard (Article 190(2)(d) PILA)
    - 1. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_247/2017 of 18 April 2018
    - 2. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_580/2017 of 4 April 2018
    - 3. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_491/2017 of 24 May 2018
    - 4. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_478/2017 of 2 May 2018
    - 5. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_578/2017 of 20 July 2018
    - 6. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_574/2021 of 8 March 2022
    - 7. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_247/2017 of 18 April 2018
    - 8. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_556/2018 of 5 March 2019
    - 9. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_438/2018 of 17 January 2019
    - 10. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_450/2017 of 12 March 2018
    - 11. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ATF 147 III 586 (4A_166/2021 of 22 September 2021)
    - 12. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_40/2018 of 26 September 2018
    - 13. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_556/2018 of 5 March 2019
    - 14. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_247/2017 of 18 April 2018
    - 15. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_450/2017 of 12 March 2018
    - 16. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_550/2017 of 1 October 2018
    - 17. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_430/2020 of 10 February 2021
    - 18. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_536/2018 of 16 March 2020
    - 19. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_504/2021 of 18 January 2022
    - 20. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_438/2021 of 15 March 2021
  - F. Public Order (Article 190(2)(e) PILA)
    - 1. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_170/2017, 4A_194/2017 of 22 May 2018
    - 2. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_616/2021 of 1 April 2022
    - 3. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_318/2018 of 4 March 2019
    - 4. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_70/2020 of 18 June 2020
    - 5. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_516/2020 of 8 April 2021
    - 6. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_453/2021 of 2 December 2021
    - 7. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_242/2022 of 8 September 2022
    - 8. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_65/2018 of 11 December 2018
    - 9. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_247/2017 of 18 April 2018
    - 10. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_564/2021 of 2 May 2022
    - 11. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_238/2018 of 12 September 2018
    - 12. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_416/2020 of 4 November 2018
    - 13. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_550/2017 of 1 October 2018
    - 14. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_430/2020 of 10 February 2021
    - 15. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_453/2021 of 2 December 2021
    - 16. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_156/2020 of 1 October 2020
    - 17. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_618/2020 of 2 June 2021
    - 18. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ATF 146 III 358 (4A_486/2019 of 17 August 2020)
    - 19. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_556/2018 of 5 March 2019
    - 20. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_618/2019 of 17 September 2020
    - 21. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_355/2021 of 18 January 2022
    - 22. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_406/2021 of 14 February 2022
    - 23. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_530/2020 of 15 June 2021
    - 24. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_476/2020 of 5 January 2021
    - 25. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_418/2021 of 18 January 2022
    - 26. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_536/2018 of 16 March 2020
    - 27. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_167/2021 of 19 July 2021
    - 28. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_10/2022 of 17 May 2022
    - 29. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_542/2021 of 28 February 2022
  - G. Revision
    - 1. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_36/2020 of 27 August 2020
    - 2. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_100/2022 of 24 August 2022
    - 3. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_606/2021 of 28 April 2022
    - 4. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_69/2022 of 23 September 2022
    - 5. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_210/2021 of 28 September 2021
  - H. Other Questions
    - 1. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 5A_910/2019 of 1 March 2021
    - 2. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 5A_1019/2018 of 5 November 2019
    - 3. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_95/2021 of 17 June 2021
    - 4. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ATF 144 III 411 (5A_942/2017 of 7 September 2018)
    - 5. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 5A_1046/2019 of 27 May 2020
- II. Domestic Arbitration
  - A. Admissibility of the Appeal in Civil Matters
    - 1. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_338/2018 of 28 November 2018
    - 2. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_600/2021 of 28 February 2022
    - 3. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_58/2020 of 3 June 2020
    - 4. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_139/2021 of 2 December 2021
    - 5. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 5A_1007/2020 of 2 July 2021
    - 6. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_30/2022 of 3 May 2022
    - 7. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ATF 145 III 266 (4A_540/2018 of 7 May 2019)
  - B. Improper Appointment of the Sole Arbitrator and Improper Composition of the Arbitral Tribunal (Article 393(a) CPC)
  - C. Jurisdiction (Article 393(b) CPC)
    - 1. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_600/2021 of 28 February 2022
    - 2. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 5A_907/2017 of 4 April 2018
    - 3. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_528/2019 of 7 December 2020
    - 4. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_90/2021 of 9 September 2021
    - 5. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_461/2021 of 27 October 2021
    - 6. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ATF 144 III 235 (4A_7/2018 of 18 April 2018)
    - 7. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_209/2020 of 19 August 2020
  - D. Ultra and Infra Petita Award (Article 393(c) CPC)
    - 1. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_642/2017 of 12 November 2018
  - E. Equality of the Parties and the Right to Be Heard (Article 393(d) CPC)
    - 1. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_655/2020 of 27 June 2022
    - 2. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_395/2019 of 2 Mach 2020
    - 3. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_461/2021 of 27 October 2021
    - 4. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_655/2020 of 27 June 2022
    - 5. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_277/2021 of 21 December 2021
  - F. Arbitrariness (Article 393(e) CPC)
    - 1. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_152/2019 of 5 June 2019
    - 2. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_143/2018 of 4 April 2018
    - 3. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 5A_163/2018 of 3 September 2018
    - 4. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_240/2021 of 2 November 2021
    - 5. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_58/2020 of 3 June 2020
    - 6. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_277/2021 of 21 December 2021
    - 7. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_67/2020 of 12 June 2020
    - 8. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_348/2020 of 4 January 2021
    - 9. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_139/2021 of 2 December 2021
  - G. Excessive Expenses and «Arbitrators» Fees (Article 393(f) CPC)
    - 1. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_544/2021 of 6 January 2022
    - 2. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_67/2020 of 12 June 2020
    - 3. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_49/2019 of 15 July 2019
    - 4. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 5A_213/2020 of 31 August 2020
  - H. Revision (Article 396 ss CPC)
    - 1. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_62/2019, 4A_354/2019 of 6 August 2019
  - I. Other Questions
    - 1. Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court 4A_151/2020 of 2 November 2020

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