Latest Judgments of the Federal Court
Here you will find the most recent judgments of the Federal Court (BGer) from bger.ch. For the first three judgments, we present detailed summaries including facts, considerations, and dispositive parts. For the remaining judgments, you will find a summary of the facts. The complete summaries of all judgments are available on the portal of Lexplorer. There you can configure your newsletter and receive the latest judgments tailored to your legal areas.
7B_1025/2025: Non-admission of a late appeal
Summary of the Facts
The appellant filed an appeal on September 30, 2025, against the order of the Cantonal Court of Zurich dated August 25, 2025, which rejected her request for free legal aid in connection with the termination by the District Office of Dietikon. However, the appeal period had expired on September 29, 2025.
Summary of the Considerations
- **E.1**: The Cantonal Court delivered the order to the appellant on August 28, 2025. According to Art. 100 para. 1 BGG, the appeal period ended on September 29, 2025. The appeal submitted to the Swiss Post on September 30, 2025, was therefore late.
- **E.2**: Due to the late submission of the appeal, it cannot be admitted according to Art. 108 BGG.
- **E.3**: Court costs in the amount of CHF 500 are imposed on the appellant according to Art. 66 para. 1 BGG.
Summary of the Dispositive Part
The appeal was rejected, and the court costs were imposed on the appellant.
1C_529/2025: Appeal against inadmissibility due to late payment of procedural costs in connection with a driver's license revocation
Summary of the Facts
A.________ filed an appeal against the order of the driver's license revocation by the Service of Automobiles and Navigation of the Canton of Vaud (May 5, 2025) with the Cantonal Court of Vaud. The instructing judge set a prepayment of costs to be paid in three installments. After the first installment was not paid in time to the competent authority, the lower court declared the appeal inadmissible. A.________ then appealed to the Federal Court, arguing that he had instructed the payment in time. However, he could not sufficiently prove the timely debit of his account.
Summary of the Considerations
- **E.1**: The appeal to the Federal Court is permissible as a public law appeal since there are no exceptional grounds under Art. 83 LTF. - **E.3**: The Federal Court examined whether the payment of the first installment was made on time. Although A.________ stated that the payment was instructed, he could not prove that his account was debited before the deadline. Case law requires proof that the payment was processed within the deadline. - **E.4**: Due to the lack of evidence, the appeal was rejected.
Summary of the Dispositive Part
The appeal was rejected, no court costs were imposed, and the judgment will be delivered to the parties involved.
5A_938/2025: Decision on measures for personal protection related to the care of a child
Summary of the Facts
The appellants A.A. and B.A., parents of a child born in 2014, requested super-provisional and provisional measures against C.________ from the President of the District Court of Lausanne. However, the District Court declared itself incompetent and did not allow the requests. The parents filed an appeal against this decision and again submitted a corresponding application, which was also deemed inadmissible.
Summary of the Considerations
- **E.3.1:** The cantonal instance found that disputes between a public hospital and a patient regarding care fall under public law, for which administrative jurisdiction is responsible. The right of access to justice is ensured by existing administrative legal pathways and the resulting decisions of the judiciary.
- **E.3.2:** The appeal did not meet the legal requirements regarding justification, as it did not substantively challenge the incompetence of the District Court and the possibility of access to law.
- **E.4:** Due to the lack of chances of success, both the appeal and the request for free legal aid were rejected.
Summary of the Dispositive Part
The appeal was declared inadmissible, the request for free legal aid was rejected, and the court costs were imposed on the appellants.
7B_1073/2025: Judgment on the extension of pre-trial detention
Summary of the Facts
The Public Prosecutor's Office of the Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden is conducting a criminal proceeding against A.________ for several serious offenses, including deprivation of liberty, kidnapping, and sexual assaults. He is accused of luring B.________ to Switzerland under false pretenses and carrying out sexual acts against her will. He was taken into pre-trial detention on May 16, 2025, which has been extended multiple times. A.________ wanted to shorten the duration of detention through an appeal to the Cantonal Court but was rejected. The accusations particularly address the flight risk and strong suspicion of the crime, as he remained in custody despite the police findings and B.________'s statements. He filed an appeal against these decisions with the Federal Court.
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7B_848/2025: Decision on measures as a substitute for pre-trial detention
Summary of the Facts
The appellant A.________ was suspected of having verbally threatened the responsible public prosecutor with statements like "I will ruin her life" and "I will hit her." The competent cantonal authorities subsequently imposed measures as a substitute for pre-trial detention, such as contact and approach bans. A.________ appealed against these decisions. The cantonal final instance deemed the measures justified and confirmed them. A.________ then turned to the Federal Court.
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8C_398/2025: Termination of accident insurance benefits and their reassessment
Summary of the Facts
The respondent A.________ suffered a staircase fall at work on October 27, 2021, resulting in a fracture of her right arm. The mandatory accident insurance provided by Hotela Versicherungen AG initially provided the statutory benefits. However, these were terminated by order on May 3, 2023. The decision on the objection dated November 8, 2023, confirmed this termination. The Administrative Court of Nidwalden partially overturned the decision on the objection and referred the matter back for a new calculation of disability and integrity compensation based on an integrity damage of 25%.
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4D_175/2025: Non-admission decision regarding a debt enforcement appeal
Summary of the Facts
The appellant filed an appeal against a judgment of the Cantonal Court of Zurich, which had rejected her debt enforcement appeal. The Federal Court decided in simplified proceedings not to admit the appeal, as it did not meet the requirements for justification.
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1C_372/2025: Inadmissibility of naturalization
Summary of the Facts
A Tunisian national who became a Swiss citizen through facilitated naturalization may have made false statements regarding the stability of his marriage at the time of naturalization. The marriage was dissolved shortly after the naturalization. The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) annulled both his naturalization and the subsequent naturalization of his daughter. The Federal Administrative Court (TAF) dismissed the appeal filed against this.
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4A_270/2025: Judgment on the contract between A.________ AG and B.________ AG
Summary of the Facts
The B.________ AG (plaintiff/respondent) supplied concrete balcony elements to A.________ AG (defendant/appellant) in 2011 under a work contract. After the defects of the delivered components were complained about, the defendant had the defects remedied by replacement performance. In 2021, the plaintiff sued for the outstanding work payment of CHF 218,803.70. The District Court of Kriens ordered the defendant to pay CHF 161,495.--. This judgment was confirmed by the Cantonal Court of Lucerne, after which the defendant appealed to the Federal Court.
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5A_899/2025: Decision on the issue of the rejection of a magistrate in the context of measures to protect the marital community
Summary of the Facts
A.________ requested the rejection of the pretors of the Locarno-Campagna jurisdiction as well as other magistrates, accusing them of bias in a procedure concerning protective measures for the marital community against his wife B.________. After rejection by the Pretorate and the Cantonal Court, A.________ filed an appeal with the Federal Court, which dealt partly with issues outside the scope of the proceedings and did not meet the requirements for the appeal justification under the Federal Court Act.
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2C_575/2025: Decision on administrative detention for expulsion
Summary of the Facts
The Algerian national A.________, born in 1982, has repeatedly offended in Switzerland and has been convicted several times. After he served criminal penalties, the police commissioner of the Canton of Geneva ordered administrative detention for expulsion on August 22, 2025, as the authorities had taken steps to identify and return him to his home country. The subject of this case is A.________'s appeal against the detention order. The lower courts confirmed the measure.
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9C_559/2025: Non-admission of an appeal due to insufficient justification
Summary of the Facts
The appellant contested the non-admission order of the Federal Administrative Court, which had dismissed her appeal due to an unpaid cost advance. She requested the Federal Court to suspend the proceedings and refer the matter to the Public Prosecutor's Office due to alleged criminal acts by employees of the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security.
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6B_399/2024: Judgment on simple bodily injury, sexual coercion, and rape
Summary of the Facts
A. was convicted by the first instance criminal court of the Saanen district for simple bodily injury, sexual coercion, and rape to a prison sentence of 24 months (partially conditional) and a fine. Civil claims of the injured party B. were partially accepted. In the appeal proceedings before the Cantonal Court of Fribourg, A. was acquitted of all charges, and the civil claims were dismissed. Both the Public Prosecutor's Office and the injured party B. filed appeals with the Federal Court against this.
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4D_156/2025: Non-admission of an appeal due to missing cost advance and insufficient justification
Summary of the Facts
The A.________ GmbH filed an appeal against a ruling of the Cantonal Court of Zurich, which dismissed the proceedings due to an insufficient appeal within the deadline. The Federal Court requested the cost advance of CHF 800.--, which was neither paid within the deadline nor within the additional deadline. Furthermore, the justifications of the appeal did not meet the requirements of Art. 42 para. 2 BGG.
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7F_41/2025: Request for revision against Swiss Federal Court judgment
Summary of the Facts
The applicant, A.________, requests the revision of the Federal Court judgment 7B_480/2023 of October 29, 2024, which dismissed an appeal in criminal matters against the judgment of the Cantonal Court of Aargau regarding sentencing. The request for revision was based on various grievances, including a violation of the right to be heard and the non-consideration of significant facts.
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8F_12/2025: Judgment regarding a request for revision in the matter of supplementary benefits for AHV/IV
Summary of the Facts
The applicant, A.________, submitted a request for revision against a non-admission judgment of the Federal Court (judgment 8C_251/2025 of June 18, 2025), which had been issued due to inadequate appeal justification. The Federal Court examined whether a legally relevant ground for revision under Art. 121 et seq. BGG exists.
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4D_155/2025: Non-admission of an appeal due to missing advance payment
Summary of the Facts
The appellant filed an appeal against an order of the Cantonal Court of Aargau. It had set a deadline for him to pay the cost advance. Despite requests and extensions from the Federal Court, the appellant did not pay the advance.
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1C_618/2025: Termination of proceedings by withdrawal of the appeal
Summary of the Facts
Martin Üre Villoria filed an appeal in public law against the decision of the Appeals Commission of the Catholic Church in the Canton of Zurich dated October 2, 2025. The subject was the parish meeting of the Roman Catholic parish Herz Jesu Turbenthal on June 22, 2025. In his request, he demanded suspensive effect. After statements from the opposing side and the parish, the appellant withdrew his appeal on October 31, 2025.
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8C_430/2025: Inadmissibility of the appeal
Summary of the Facts
A.________ (born 1964) has been receiving supplementary benefits for AHV/IV since October 1, 2019. The compensation office of the Canton of Fribourg demanded the repayment of CHF 44,230.-- for benefits wrongfully received, as a retroactive pension increase from accident insurance was established. A request for exemption from repayment was rejected by the compensation office due to the insured's lack of good faith, and subsequently also by the cantonal court.
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7B_844/2025: Judgment regarding the formal requirements of an appeal in criminal matters
Summary of the Facts
The appellant A.________ unsuccessfully filed an appeal with the Criminal Appeal Chamber of the Cantonal Court of Vaud against the order of the President of the District Court of Eastern Vaud dated July 7, 2025. In a submission dated August 7, 2025, he filed a criminal appeal with the Federal Court, requesting the granting of free legal aid.
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4D_164/2025: Non-admission of an appeal in the debt enforcement procedure
Summary of the Facts
The appellant A.________ filed an appeal against the decision of the Cantonal Court of Aargau, which did not admit an appeal regarding the debt enforcement. She continued the proceedings before the Federal Court.
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8C_437/2025: Decision on the non-payment of a cost advance
Summary of the Facts
A.________ filed an appeal against the order of the Administrative Court of the Canton of Aargau dated July 3, 2025, regarding social assistance. The Federal Court required him to pay a cost advance, rejected his request for free legal aid, and set a deadline for payment of the advance until October 27, 2025. The appellant did not pay any cost advance during the additional deadline and requested a reassessment of his application and restoration of the deadline outside the deadline.
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5A_275/2025: Decision regarding the deletion of a usufruct right in the context of a divorce
Summary of the Facts
A.________ and B.________, who have been married since 2010 and have a child from their marriage, divorced in 2020. In the course of the divorce proceedings, there was a dispute over the deletion of a usufruct right that had been registered in favor of A.________ on two properties that B.________ had purchased alone in 2018. The aim was to ensure that the shared child would later be the sole heir of the real estate ownership. After the separation, A.________ requested a compensation of CHF 189,432 for the deletion of the usufruct right, while B.________ proposed a compensation of a maximum of CHF 60,758. The usufruct right was ultimately deemed useless and deleted by the cantonal authorities, without A.________ receiving any compensation.
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1C_449/2025: Decision on the housing protection regulation of the Canton of Basel-Stadt
Summary of the Facts
The government of the Canton of Basel-Stadt decided on June 17, 2025, to partially amend the housing protection regulation (WRSchV/BS) of April 26, 2022. This amendment was challenged by the Basel Tenants' Association and two private individuals by filing an appeal with the Federal Court. They demanded the repeal of § 5 WRSchV in the new version.
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7G_3/2025: Correction of a judgment regarding official defense
Summary of the Facts
The Federal Court corrected an error in the judgment of October 10, 2025 (7B_964/2025), in which a wrong lawyer was referred to as official defense. The appellant had named Me Azzedine Diab as his representative in his original appeal, but Me Olivier Derivaz was mistakenly named in the dispositive as legal representation.
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7B_577/2025: Dismissal of a request for the lifting of the criminal procedural arrest
Summary of the Facts
The Federal Court had to decide on the maintenance of criminal procedural arrest measures concerning assets and diamonds that were seized in the context of an ongoing criminal proceeding against the appellants — a company and its managing director. The subject of the proceedings included allegations of various crimes, including forgery, fraud, and abuse of social assistance funds.
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4D_165/2025: Non-admission of an appeal
Summary of the Facts
The appellant contested the decision of the Cantonal Court of Bern, which had rejected the request for restoration of the appeal deadline and the request for free legal aid. In addition, the appellant filed an appeal against the original debt enforcement decision of the Regional Court of Emmental-Oberaargau. The Federal Court examined the appeal and the request for free legal aid.
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4A_43/2025: Judgment on the liability of the property owner in connection with a traffic accident on the A3W highway
Summary of the Facts
A bus collided on December 16, 2018, on the A3W highway in Zurich with a wall at the end of a road stub, resulting in the death of two passengers and damage to the vehicle. The owner of the bus claimed damages from the Swiss Confederation according to Art. 58 OR due to an alleged defect in the work. The Cantonal Court of Zurich dismissed the main claim of the bus owner and found in favor of the counterclaim that no claim arises from the accident. This decision was challenged before the Federal Court.
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5A_931/2025: Decision on child matters and jurisdiction issues of the KESB
Summary of the Facts
The appellant and the child's mother are the unmarried parents of a child. The KESB had made a decision regarding the allocation of parental rights, which the appellant challenged again in court. The Regional Court of Bern-Mittelland did not admit the claim for restoration of parental rights due to lack of jurisdiction. The Cantonal Court of Bern confirmed the dismissal of the appellant's appeal, which is why he appealed to the Federal Court.
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