The FPC has just announced a change of court practice on the internet, as follows:
As from now in ordinary proceedings the plaintiff is invited to pay an advance on only half of the expected court costs for a decision, which corresponds to the expected court costs up to and including the instructional hearing (Art. 98 CPC).
This will relieve plaintiffs from a significant share of their upfront costs when bringing a suit, and it reflects the very high share of cases being settled at the occasion of the instructional hearing.
Guidelines for the court fees are given in Art. 1 CostR-PatC, recited below (in CHF). I have added a third column to reflect the new advance payment regime:
Value in dispute | Court fees | Advance payment |
up to 50’000 | 1’000 – 12’000 | 500 – 6’000 |
50’000 – 100’000 | 8’000 – 16’000 | 4’000 – 8’000 |
100’000 – 200’000 | 12’000 – 24’000 | 6’000 – 12’000 |
200’000 – 1’000’000 | 20’000 – 66’000 | 10’000 – 33’000 |
1’000’000 – 3’000’000 | 60’000 – 120’000 | 30’000 – 60’000 |
3’000’000 – 5’000’000 | 80’000 – 150’000 | 40’000 – 75’000 |
over 5’000’000 | 100’000 – 150’000 | 50’000 – 75’000 |
Reported by Martin WILMING
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