Introduction

A recent judgment of a Geneva court might be of interest to those among us who are involved in arbitration proceedings in Switzerland and/or subject to Swiss arbitration law. Since Switzerland hosts many international arbitration proceedings, it is not rare for applications for a stay of the arbitration based on pending court proceedings abroad to be brought before the Swiss courts or arbitral tribunals sitting in Switzerland. In certain circumstances, an arbitral tribunal iin Switzerland may indeed have to stay the arbitration if foreign proceedings were introduced ...