Swiss Arbitration Decisions

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No waiver of the right to appeal to the Federal Tribunal in the absence of express language; Interests awarded claimed to be ultra petita (claim rejected); No violation of public policy if internal contradiction in an award

February 15, 2010

The case involved a 1998 contract between a French group and a Turkish company, subsequently substituted by an agency of the Turkish government, for the supply of a certain number of missiles and firing units. The contract provided for ICC arbitration in Zurich and also for an advanced payment of the purchase price by way of instalments amounting to 55 % of the total price, subject to an obligation to return such amounts in case of breach.

Right to be heard

January 9, 2008

The appeal was directed against an ICC award issued by Prof. Wolfgang Wiegand on September 21, 2007. Prof Wiegand, a leading speciallist of international arbitration, was sole arbitrator and the venue of the arbitration was Geneva.

Exclusion of appeal to the Swiss Supreme Court and Violation of public policy (rejected)

August 21, 2008

The case is nothing to write home about but it still diserves a quick perusal. It involved an ICC arbitration in Bern with Prof. Wolfgang Wiegandt as chairman, dealing with a 1986 Joint Venture Agreement ("JVA") between two companies in Italy and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The case was stayed due to the political situation for quite a while, then a partial award was issued determining, among other things, that Swiss law applied to the JVA.

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