Swiss Civil Procedure Code
(Civil Procedure Code, CPC)

¹ The ap­pel­late court may:

a.

con­firm the chal­lenged de­cision;

b.

make a new de­cision; or

c.

re­mit the case to the first in­stance if:

1.

an es­sen­tial part of the claim was not con­sidered, or

2.

es­sen­tial is­sues of fact must still be es­tab­lished.

² Art­icle 239 ap­plies mu­tatis mutandis to giv­ing no­tice of and provid­ing grounds for the de­cision.²⁵⁴

³ If the ap­pel­late court makes a new de­cision, it shall also de­cide on the costs at first in­stance.