Swiss Arbitration Decisions

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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.

Case information

Docket number: 
4A_194/2008
Original language: 
German
Published: 
26 ASA Bull 793 (2008)
also see 2 SwissIntArbRep 283 (2008)
Parties
Appellant: 
X.__
Respondent: 
Y.__Sàrl
Z.__ SpA
Counsel
Appellant: 
Moor Lorenzo
Respondent: 
Armati Marco
PDF version of the translation: 
PDF icon 21 aout 2008 4A 194 2008.pdf
Arbitrator (s): 
Wiegand Wolfgang
CAS Arbitration: no effet de surprise if a legal ground was previously – even indirectly – invoked by one of the parties during the proceedings
January 26, 2017

On June 4, 2009, the Argentinian professional football player Z.________ and the Italian Club X.________ concluded a five-year employment contract. The player terminated the contract for cause on July 1, 2013, and shortly afterwards he concluded another employment contract with the Argentinean football Club Y.________.

Case information

Docket number: 
4A_716/2016
Original language: 
French
Parties
Appellant: 
X.__
a joint-stock company
Respondent: 
1. Club Y.__
2. Z.__
Counsel
Appellant: 
Taminelli Rocco
Respondent: 
Trevisan Rafael
Crespo Daniel Mario
PDF version of the translation: 
PDF icon 26 janvier 2017 4A 716 2016.pdf
Chairman: 
Pintó Sala José Juan
Arbitrator (s): 
Abreu Gustavo
Fumagalli Luigi
Revision of award accepted (arbitral tribunal misled by evidence resulting from criminal acts)
October 6, 2009

The decision is certainly a historic one. For the first time ever, the Swiss Supreme Court has decided to accept a petition for revision and order an international arbitral award annulled because the arbitrators were fraudulently misled.

Case information

Docket number: 
4A_596/2008
Original language: 
French
Published: 
28 ASA Bull 318 (2010)
also see 3 SwissIntArbRep 401 (2009)
Parties
Appellant: 
X.__
Respondent: 
Y.__ Company in liquidation
Z.__ Limitada
Counsel
Appellant: 
Neyroud Philippe
Oppatja Nathalie
Respondent: 
Berger Bernhard
Witschi Christian
PDF version of the translation: 
PDF icon 6 octobre 2009 4A 596 2009.pdf
Chairman: 
Perez-Llorca Rodrigo José Pedro
Arbitrator (s): 
Brunschwig François
Bredin Jean-Denis
Grounds for the challenge of an arbitrator must be raised immediately after one becomes aware of them
October 9, 2012

The case involved a Belgian professional mountain biker banned for two years and fined in November 2010 because clomiphene had been found in his urine.

 

The International Cycling Union (“ICU”) appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CAS”) and sought a higher fine. The athlete also appealed.

 

Case information

Docket number: 
4A_110/2012
Original language: 
French
Published: 
31 ASA Bull 174 (2013)
Parties
Appellant: 
X.__
Respondent: 
International Cycling Union (ICU)
Federation Z.__
Counsel
Appellant: 
Besson Sébastien
Respondent: 
Verbiest Philippe
Coomans Cyril
PDF version of the translation: 
PDF icon 9 octobre 2012 4A 110 2012.pdf
Chairman: 
Fumagalli Luigi
Arbitrator (s): 
Carrard Olivier
Haas Ulrich
Domestic case or appeal withdrawn or manifestly inadmissible
May 8, 2013

Case information

Docket number: 
4A_439/2012, 4A_457/2012
Original language: 
French
Parties
Appellant: 
X.__ SA
Respondent: 
Y.__ SA
X.__ SA
Z.__ SA
Counsel
Appellant: 
Merz Denis
Respondent: 
Ducrot Michel
Modification of operative part of an award admitted if in the Appellant’s favor
April 29, 2013

The case involved an athlete who ran away from an anti-doping test by refusing to meet the Doping Control Officer. His federation did not sanction him and an appeal was made to the Court of Arbitration for Sport by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

 

Case information

Docket number: 
4A_730/2012
Original language: 
French
Published: 
32 Asa Bull 68 (2014)
Parties
Appellant: 
X.__
Respondent: 
The International Association of Athletics Federations
Z.__
Counsel
Appellant: 
Ramoni Claude
Respondent: 
Stark-Traber Sonja
Bernet Martin
PDF version of the translation: 
PDF icon 29 avril 2013 4A 730 2012.pdf
Domestic case or appeal withdrawn or manifestly inadmissible
August 22, 2018

Case information

Docket number: 
4A_298/2018
Original language: 
French
Parties
Appellant: 
Club B.__
Respondent: 
1. X.__
2. Y.__
3. Z.__
Counsel
Respondent: 
Maxim Andrei
Stipulated facts do not bind the Court of Arbitration for Sport as to sport sanctions
December 6, 2012

The case concerned another alleged breach of employment contract by a player who signed with another club before his employment contract expired.

Case information

Docket number: 
4A_276/2012
Original language: 
French
Published: 
32 Asa Bull 77 (2014)
Parties
Appellant: 
X.__ Club
Respondent: 
Z.__ Club
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
Counsel
Appellant: 
Ibarrola Jorge
Respondent: 
Sampson Stephen
Morgan Mike
Jenny Christian
PDF version of the translation: 
PDF icon 6 decembre 2012 4A 276 2012.pdf
Chairman: 
Beloff Michael J.
Arbitrator (s): 
Rochat Jean-Philippe
Reiner-Martens Dirk
Definition of public policy reaffirmed
March 3, 2014

The case involved the well-known football player Ismaël Bangoura, the Al-Nasr sports club of Dubai, and the French FC Nantes.

In 2010, Bangoura transferred from a French club to Al-Nasr and certain commitments were made with regard to his salary. The following year, he left Dubai without authorization from Al-Nasr and in early 2012 he signed a contract with Nantes.

Case information

Docket number: 
4A_304/2013
Original language: 
French
Published: 
32 ASA Bull 384 (2014)
Parties
Appellant: 
A.__
Respondent: 
Z.__
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
X.__
Counsel
Appellant: 
Lembo Saverio
Guignet Vincent
Respondent: 
Casserly David
Rigozzi Antonio
Tissot Fabrice
Jenny Christian
Landrove Juan Carlos
PDF version of the translation: 
PDF icon 3 mars 2014 4A 304 2013.pdf
Domestic case or appeal withdrawn or manifestly inadmissible
January 6, 2014

Case information

Docket number: 
4A_476/2013
Original language: 
French
Published: 
32 ASA Bull 54 (2014)
Parties
Appellant: 
X.__
Respondent: 
Z.__
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
Counsel
Appellant: 
Landrove Juan Carlos
Respondent: 
Casserly David
Rigozzi Antonio
Robert-Tissot Fabrice
Jenny Christian
Redfern Schedule acknowledged by the Federal Tribunal
December 2, 2016

A very short opinion dated December 2, 2016, which is of little interest, except for the reference made to a Redfern Schedule at 3.2.1 in the opinion.

Otherwise, regretfully in these writers’ opinion, the Federal Tribunal simply reiterates its very narrow construction of the principle of pacta sunt servanda to reject the appeal against the July 29, 2016 award in a dispute involving a claim against an estate raised in a Swiss Chambers Arbitration.

Case information

Docket number: 
4A_522/2016
Original language: 
French
Parties
Appellant: 
X.__
Respondent: 
The Heirs of the late Z.__
namely: 1. A.Z.________
2. B.Z.________
3. C.Z.________
4. D.Z.________
Counsel
Appellant: 
Candaux Nicolas
Respondent: 
Bauer Thimothée
PDF version of the translation: 
PDF icon 2 décembre 2016 4A 522 2016.pdf

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