The Swiss Federal Government has been working on the
revision and unification of Swiss Liability Law. The aim of the unification is to end with the differences of regulation in many aspects
(i.e. extinctive prescription) that receive a number of various
solutions from one special statute to the other.
The Draft prepared by a Commission of Experts proposes a General Part
of the Liability Law to be included in the Swiss Code of Law of
Obligations (Obligationenrecht). Special Statutes should be
adapted to this General Part.
The Experts Project does not affect the main principles of the
present Liability Law. Nevertheless, it makes some suggestions concerning
aspects where legal scholarship and parliamentary intervention have
demanded a legal reform.
On 9 October, the Draft Project was sent out for comments to the cantons, political parties, professionals and other interested
circles.
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