INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ARBITRATION IN SWITZERLAND

Contents XIII a. Full invalidity ...............................................................................220 b. Partial invalidity ...........................................................................221 IX. Termination of the arbitration agreement..................................................222 1. Revocation by mutual agreement .......................................................222 2. Conditions and limitations..................................................................224 3. Extinction by subsequent impossibility ..............................................225 a. Achievement of purpose...............................................................225 b. Frustration of purpose ..................................................................226 4. Unilateral termination.........................................................................226 a. Clausula rebus sic stantibus .........................................................227 b. Unilateral termination for cause ...................................................228 5. Effects of termination .........................................................................229 § 6 Jurisdiction despite absence or invalidity of arbitration agreement....................230 I. Submission to arbitration without reservation ..........................................230 1. Unconditional submission as a procedural act....................................230 2. No need for compliance with formal requirements.............................231 3. Admissibility of unconditional submission ........................................232 4. Applicable law....................................................................................233 5. Requirements for unconditional submission.......................................234 a. Claim before a non-competent arbitral tribunal............................234 b. Pending arbitration .......................................................................235 c. Unconditional submission to the merits .......................................235 6. Legal consequences and effects..........................................................238 7. Relationship to Art.II NYC ................................................................240 II. Conduct contrary to the duty to act in good faith......................................241 § 7 Competence-competence and autonomy of arbitration agreement.....................243 I. Introduction ..............................................................................................243 II. Competence-competence ..........................................................................244 1. Content and scope...............................................................................244 2. Legal consequences ............................................................................247 III. Autonomy of the arbitration agreement ....................................................249 1. Principle .............................................................................................249 2. Limitations .........................................................................................250 § 8 The decision on jurisdiction ...............................................................................252 I. Introduction ..............................................................................................252 II. Prerequisites for jurisdiction .....................................................................252 III. Examination of jurisdiction by the arbitral tribunal ..................................253 1. No examination ex officio ...................................................................253 2. Limited examination ex officio in default proceedings .......................254 3. Plea of lack of jurisdiction..................................................................255 4. Scope of examination .........................................................................256