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Subject: Dispute Resolution
Reading time: 6 Min
09.06.2026

Adhesion Claims in Criminal Investigations

In this article, Urs Feller and Marcel Frey discuss a new decision by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court which clarifies the extent to which a party may bring an application for a negative declaratory judgment on contractual aspects of a dispute which are simultaneously pending before the criminal courts for the adjudication of civil damages resulting from tort / delict claims.