Arbitration in Switzerland: Non-Swiss Parties Should Be Aware of the Arbitrator’s Powers under the Swiss Principle of Jura Novit Curia
and Katherine Bell, Schellenberg Wittmer In decision 4A_554/2014 dated 15 April 2015, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court considered an application to set aside an award on the ground of violation of the right to be heard where the sole arbitrator had based her award on a legal concept that had not been explicitly pleaded by…