Publications

Strenge Rügeobliegen­heit in Ablehnungskon­stel­la­tio­nen,
Com­men­tary by Simon Gabriel on Swiss Fed­er­al Tri­bunal deci­sion 4A_620/2012 on May 29, 2013

The Swiss Fed­er­al Tri­bunal con­sid­ers belat­ed objec­tions in cas­es of arbi­tra­tor chal­lenges as for­feit­ed. It clar­i­fies that the time lim­it for objec­tions also applies to arbi­tra­tor can­di­dates who have not yet been con­firmed. Poten­tial infringe­ments of ​“non-waiv­able red list”-criteria of the IBA Guide­lines on Con­flict of Inter­est in Inter­na­tion­al Arbi­tra­tion are not exam­ined by the Swiss Fed­er­al Tri­bunal as the right to object has been for­feit­ed. This implies that the Swiss Fed­er­al Tri­bunal does not con­sid­er ​“non-waiv­able red list”-constellations as being unten­able as a mat­ter of prin­ci­ple under Swiss lex arbitri.

(Slight­ly amend­ed Eng­lish trans­la­tion of Ger­man summary)