Switzerland plans to join the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements
The Federal Council wants to join the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements. This regulates the jurisdiction of courts in international commercial disputes and the cross-border recognition of judgments. In doing so, the Federal Council wants to create legal certainty and strengthen Switzerland as a business location. At its meeting on March 30, 2022, it opened the consultation process on the corresponding federal decree. Accession would also facilitate the enforcement of British judgments in Switzerland, which has become a little more complicated following Brexit.