INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ARBITRATION IN SWITZERLAND

Contents XX 4. Remedies against the orders and measures of the state court..............463 IV. Power of state courts to order provisional measures .................................463 1. Principle of concurrent jurisdiction ....................................................463 2. Waiver of state court jurisdiction........................................................465 3. Parallel proceedings............................................................................466 4. Jurisdiction of Swiss state courts ........................................................466 5. Jurisdiction of foreign state courts......................................................467 6. Applicable law....................................................................................468 7. Remedies against the decision of the state court.................................468 V. Emergency arbitrator ................................................................................468 VI. Provision of security .................................................................................470 VII. Liability for damage caused by unjustified measures ...............................471 VIII. Recognition and enforcement of provisional measures.............................473 1. Provisional measures ordered by an arbitral tribunal..........................473 2. Provisional measures granted by a state court ....................................474 § 20 Taking of evidence.............................................................................................476 I. Purpose of the taking of evidence .............................................................476 II. Competence to take evidence....................................................................477 III. Procedure for taking evidence...................................................................478 IV. Burden of proof.........................................................................................479 V. Standard of proof ......................................................................................480 VI. Presentation of evidence ...........................................................................482 1. Admissibility ......................................................................................482 2. Timeliness ..........................................................................................483 3. Documents..........................................................................................484 a. General principles ........................................................................484 b. Requests for production of documents .........................................484 i. Power to order the production of documents ........................484 ii. Non-compliance and negative inference ...............................485 iii. Documents under the control of third parties........................486 iv. Standards for granting requests to produce documents .........486 v. Relevance of the burden of proof..........................................488 c. Originals and copies of documents...............................................489 4. Witnesses of fact.................................................................................489 5. Experts................................................................................................493 a. Introduction ..................................................................................493 b. Party-appointed experts................................................................493 c. Tribunal-appointed experts...........................................................494 6. Inspections..........................................................................................498 VII. Assessment of evidence ............................................................................499 1. Principle of free assessment of evidence ............................................499