The CEMAJ (French acronym for Research Center on Alternative and Judicial Dispute Resolution Methods) is an Interest Center of the University of Neuchâtel Faculty of Law. In a multidisciplinary perspective, the CEMAJ develops research and teaching activities in the field of judicial (procedure) and alternative (arbitration, mediation, conciliation and negotiation) dispute resolution methods, by especially focusing on the harmonization and coordination of these complementary methods.
09.30 Registration
10.00 Welcome address and introduction
Sébastien Besson, University of Neuchâtel, Lawyer, Geneva
10.15 Corruption in Arbitration – The Arbitrator’s Duty to Investigate
Tobias Zuberbühler, Lawyer, Zurich
10.40 Contractual Issues Arising from the Arbitration Agreement and the receptum arbitri
Pascal Pichonnaz, University of Fribourg
11.05 Coffee break
11.35 Expert Witness : Role and Independence
Sebastiano Nessi, Lawyer, Geneva
12.00 Dicussion (Panel and Floor)
Sébastien Besson
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Review of the Recent Case Law of the Swiss Federal
Jonatan Baier, MME Legal, Zurich
14.25 The German Federal Court on Treacherous Ice – A Final Point in the Pechstein Case
Ulrich Haas, University of Zurich
14.50 Dicussion (Panel and Floor)
Antonio Rigozzi, University of Neuchâtel, Lawyer, Geneva
15.20 Closing address
Antonio Rigozzi