INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ARBITRATION IN SWITZERLAND

Contents XVII 4. Adjudication of the dispute.................................................................361 5. Duty to apply the law .........................................................................362 6. Determination of the arbitral procedure and equal treatment..............362 7. Judicial assistance...............................................................................363 8. Communication between arbitrators and parties.................................363 9. Confidentiality....................................................................................364 10. Liability ..............................................................................................365 11. Arbitrators’ fees ..................................................................................365 12. The role of party representatives ........................................................367 IV. Term of the mandate of arbitrator .............................................................368 1. Principle .............................................................................................368 2. Time-limit for making the award........................................................369 § 16 Secretary and other assistance to the tribunal.....................................................370 I. Introduction ..............................................................................................370 II. Secretary ...................................................................................................370 III. Other assistance to the tribunal .................................................................372 Chapter 4 The Arbitral Procedure .................................................................................373 § 17 Commencement of the arbitration......................................................................373 I. Recourse to arbitration..............................................................................373 II. Pendency of the proceedings ( lis pendens ) ...............................................374 1. Concept and significance....................................................................374 2. Commencement of pendency .............................................................375 a. Submission of a claim to the designated arbitrators .....................375 b. Initiation of the procedure for the constitution of the arbitral tribunal .........................................................................................376 c. Initiation of an agreed preceding conciliation procedure..............377 d. Mandatory nature of the rules on pendency?................................378 e. Relevant point in time ..................................................................378 III. Preclusive effect of pendency ( lis alibi pendens )......................................379 1. Introduction ........................................................................................379 2. Swiss state court seised after an arbitral tribunal ................................380 a. Arbitral tribunal seated in Switzerland first seised .......................380 b. Arbitral tribunal seated abroad first seised ...................................381 3. Arbitral tribunal seised after a state court ...........................................381 a. Foreign state court first seised......................................................382 b. Swiss state court first seised .........................................................387 4. Arbitral tribunal seised after another arbitral tribunal.........................388 a. Arbitral tribunal seated abroad first seised ...................................388 b. Arbitral tribunal seated in Switzerland first seised .......................389 5. No lis pendens between arbitration and debt enforcement .................389