Key legal question
Whether the Federal Supreme Court could indirectly review the cantonal judge’s final rejection of the arbitrator-recusal request in an appeal against the arbitral award.
Extracted holding
No indirect review was available where the recusal request had already been finally decided by the state judge at the seat of arbitration.
Extracted reasoning
Article 180(3) PILA makes the seat judge’s decision final; given the purpose of limiting arbitral challenges, that finality also excludes later review of the recusal decision within an appeal against the award.