Schweizerische Zivilprozessordnung - Code de procédure civile suisse

On 14 July, 2007 the national States Counsel in Berne (“Conseil des Etats”) voted in favour of a new draft Federal Code of Civil Procedure, which is likely to come into effect in 2010 and which will federalize Swiss laws of civil procedure for the first time.  This new law will provide for civil mediation as a recognized form of judicial proceedings for the first time in most cantons.  (See http://www.parlament.ch/ab/frameset/f/s/4717/247849/f_s_4717_247849_247850.htm for a recent transcript of these deliberations). For further information, see the attached articles.

Web-link: http://www.parlament.ch/ab/frameset/f/s/4717/247849/f_s_4717_247849_247850.htm
Language: German