INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ARBITRATION IN SWITZERLAND

Contents XVIII IV. Further effects of pendency ......................................................................390 1. Procedural effects ...............................................................................390 2. Compliance with limitation and forfeiture periods .............................390 3. Compliance with time-limits for filing an action................................393 V. Termination of pendency ..........................................................................393 1. Effect on the lis alibi pendens rule .....................................................393 2. Effect on limitation or forfeiture periods ............................................394 § 18 The proceedings before the arbitral tribunal.......................................................396 I. Organisation of the proceedings ...............................................................396 1. Introduction ........................................................................................396 2. Topics to be addressed........................................................................397 3. Structuring the organisation of the proceedings .................................398 a. Agreement between parties and arbitrators ..................................398 b. Determination by the arbitral tribunal ..........................................399 c. Mixed forms .................................................................................399 4. Approaches under selected arbitration rules .......................................400 II. Determination of the arbitral procedure....................................................401 1. Introduction ........................................................................................401 2. Determination by the parties...............................................................401 a. Reference to arbitration rules .......................................................403 b. Submission to a procedural law of the parties’ choice ..................405 3. Determination by the arbitral tribunal.................................................406 III. Fundamental procedural guarantees (due process) ...................................408 1. Introduction ........................................................................................408 a. Statutory basis ..............................................................................408 b. Constitutional basis ......................................................................408 c. Content of the fundamental procedural guarantees ......................409 d. Mandatory nature .........................................................................411 e. Scope of application .....................................................................412 f. Remedies......................................................................................413 g. Procedural guarantees in arbitration rules ....................................413 2. Specific aspects of the fundamental procedural guarantees................414 a. Presentation of claims and defences .............................................414 b. Evidentiary issues.........................................................................415 c. Participation in hearings...............................................................416 d. Access to the file ..........................................................................417 e. Right to representation .................................................................418 3. Duty to act in good faith and waiver...................................................419 a. Duty of the arbitral tribunal to avoid surprises .............................420 b. Duty of the parties to promptly state any objections ....................420 IV. Key points in the course of the proceedings .............................................421