Questão jurídica principal
Whether the renewed request for recognition and enforcement was barred by res judicata after a prior withdrawal and discontinuance.
Decisão extraída
The prior discontinuance did not bar the renewed application; the earlier withdrawal was treated as a permitted refiling in improved form, so no binding res judicata prevented the new request.
Fundamentação extraída
The New York Convention does not prohibit refiling after withdrawal. Under Swiss law, a withdrawal generally has res judicata effect, but an exception exists where withdrawal is made to refile in improved form; in such cases the cantonal procedural law may allow a new filing.