25.11.2019
Nater Dallafior successfully defended an entrepreneur against personal injury tort claims brought by the heirs of a person who died from asbestos-induced cancer in 2006
The main issue of the case was whether the alleged claims were bared by the statute of limitations. Relying on the Howald Moor decision of the European Court of Human Rights (application nos. 52067/10 and 41072/11), the plaintiffs argued that, since the (allegedly) asbestos-induced cancer developed decades after the asbestos expositions, it had been impossible to file the lawsuit earlier and that, therefore, the defendants could not invoke the statute of limitations. The defendants convinced the Swiss Federal Supreme Court that the Howald Moor decision did not apply in the case at hand and that our client was allowed to invoke the statute of limitations.
Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court of 6 November 2019 in case 4A_554/2013 (to be published in the official gazette of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court as a leading case).
Media release of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court:
https://www.bger.ch/files/live/sites/bger/files/pdf/de/4A_299_2013_2019_11_22_T_d_16_00_54.pdf (in German);
https://www.bger.ch/files/live/sites/bger/files/pdf/fr/4A_299_2013_2019_11_22_T_f_16_01_07.pdf (in French).
The Nater Dallafior team included Roberto Dallafior and Simon Bisegger.
25.8.2023
International Arbitration – successful representation of commodity trader ›
1.6.2023
Successful criminal defence leads to landmark decision of Swiss Federal Supreme Court ›
20.1.2023
Asset recovery case – successful revocation of bankruptcy and claw-back actions ›
25.10.2022
Insolvency law case – successful representation of foreign administrator ›
5.9.2022
Banking litigation – successful ex parte injunction against PostFinance ›
8.6.2022
Cryptocurrency related Arbitration ›
25.5.2022
Nater Dallafior successfully represented a client in an important trademark litigation ›
21.3.2022
Construction and insolvency law case ›
23.2.2022
Private client dispute – successful claim against PostFinance ›
22.2.2022
International Arbitration – successful representation before Swiss Federal Supreme Court ›
7.12.2021
Media law case – successful representation of Swiss media group ›
29.11.2021
COVID-19 – business interruption insurance ›
1.10.2021
Insurance dispute - successful representation of policyholder ›
24.8.2021
Insurance Arbitration – successful representation of policyholder ›
30.11.2020
ICC arbitration – successful representation of claimant in joint venture dispute ›
3.9.2020
Nater Dallafior wins leading cases in international administrative assistance ›
16.6.2020
Nater Dallafior successfully represented a client against M.M. Warburg Bank ›
8.1.2020
Nater Dallafior successfully represented a client in post Swissair grounding proceedings ›
9.12.2019
Nater Dallafior successfully represented a client in officers' liability proceedings ›
23.4.2019
Successful lifting of the account freeze ›
10.1.2019
Carried interest pool ›
21.6.2018
Federal Administrative Court lifts work ban ›
15.12.2017
Nater Dallafior successfully advises Kuwait in controversy with FIFA over worldwide ban ›
8.5.2017
Nater Dallafior achieves landmark decision on FINMA Watch List ›
1.8.2015
Nater Dallafior successfully represents a global IT company in public tender proceedings ›