COVID-19, Swiss Civil Procedure Code, Swiss Private International Law Act, Switzerland, Virtual hearings
Imposing Virtual Arbitration Hearings in Times of COVID-19: The Swiss Perspective
On 6 July 2020 the Swiss Federal Tribunal has issued a decision in which it has held that the COVID-19 pandemic does not serve as a sufficient justification to impose virtual hearings in state court proceedings against a party’s will. With a view to field of arbitration, the question thus arises whether the respective reasoning…