Key legal question
Whether the Bern administrative court had territorial jurisdiction over the BVG claim against the substitute pension fund.
Extracted holding
The Bern court correctly denied territorial jurisdiction.
Extracted reasoning
Because the claimant had sued two occupational pension institutions together and the dispute required a unitary forum to avoid contradictory judgments, the alternative jurisdiction rules under Art. 73 BVG did not require Bern to hear the case.