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 dispositions. For the other judgments, you will find summaries of the facts. The complete summaries of all judgments are available on the Lexplorer portal. There you can configure your newsletter and receive the latest judgments tailored to your legal areas.
5A_65/2026: Non-admission of a complaint related to a valuation of traffic value in divorce proceedings
Summary of the Facts
In the context of divorce proceedings, the District Court of Solothurn-Lebern approved evidence collection for the valuation of the traffic value of a marital property. The Cantonal Court of Solothurn did not admit the complaint directed against this decision due to the lack of demonstration of a non-reparable disadvantage. The complainant then filed a complaint with the Federal Court.
Summary of the Considerations
The Federal Court recognizes that the contested cantonal final interim decision might be challenged with a complaint under certain circumstances according to Art. 93 para. 1 BGG. However, the complaint does not contain explanations regarding the specific considerations of the non-admission decision of the Cantonal Court and does not indicate in what way the law was violated. The Federal Court finds that the allegations made by the complainant concerning the alleged concessions of the respondent and the resulting evidence collection are not the subject of the contested decision. The focus should have been on the considerations regarding the non-admission decision, which the complainant did not sufficiently address. Due to the lack of substantial justification, the Federal Court considers the complaint to be evidently insufficiently substantiated, which is why it does not admit it. The request for suspensive effect becomes irrelevant as a result of the immediate judgment. The court costs are imposed on the complainant according to Art. 66 para. 1 BGG.
Summary of the Disposition
The Federal Court did not admit the complaint and imposed the court costs on the complainant. The judgment was communicated in writing to the parties and the Cantonal Court.
2C_15/2023: Release from medical professional secrecy
Summary of the Facts
The complainant, A.A.________, requests the release from medical professional secrecy regarding the treatment of her deceased daughter C.A.________. The aim is to gain access to the complete medical records and data from the emergency treatment at hospital D.________. The lower courts have refused the release.
Summary of the Considerations
- **E.1:** The Federal Court examines the formal jurisdiction and admissibility of the complaint. It has been submitted in a timely and proper manner. - **E.2:** The complaint generally allows for the examination of federal, international law, and cantonal law in terms of the prohibition of arbitrariness. New factual material is only permitted to a limited extent. - **E.3:** There is no obvious violation of the right to be heard by the lower court. The essential points were examined, an open balancing of interests was carried out, and the lower court was entitled to refrain from taking further evidence. - **E.4:** According to Art. 321 StGB, medical secrecy continues even after the patient's death. A release is only possible with a clearly overriding interest in disclosure. - **E.5:** The legitimate interest of the complainant in gaining access is understandable, but not qualified. There were no specific indications of malpractice. There remains a relevant interest in confidentiality that stands against a complete release. The balancing of interests by the lower court is considered correct. - **E.6:** The complaint is unfounded. A referral back to the lower court is not indicated.
Summary of the Disposition
The complaint is dismissed, the court costs are imposed on the complainant, and no party compensation is granted.
8C_660/2025: Breach of duty to cooperate in disability insurance: Non-admission of a benefit request
Summary of the Facts
The complainant, A.________, registered for benefits with the IV office of Solothurn in 2021, justifying his disability with psychiatric and health problems. After an initial failure to attend training and the refusal to extend professional measures, the complainant refused a psychiatric assessment. Due to this breach of the duty to cooperate, the IV office did not admit the benefit request in a decision dated March 12, 2024. The complaint filed against this was rejected by the Insurance Court of the Canton of Solothurn.
Summary of the Considerations
- **E.1:** The Federal Court examines the legal applications of its own accord within the framework of the complaint according to Art. 95 f. BGG, but focuses on the alleged legal defects. It generally bases its findings on the facts of the lower court unless that court has clearly established them incorrectly or based them on legal violations. - **E.2:** The subject of the dispute is whether the lower court violated federal law by confirming the IV office's non-admission decision. - **E.3:** The cantonal court correctly presented the legal bases, and reference is made to these. - **E.4.1:** The lower court established without arbitrariness that the ordered psychiatric assessment was necessary and reasonable. The complainant's lack of cooperation is likely not due to illness and is therefore inexcusable. After properly conducting a reminder and reflection period procedure, the IV office was entitled to issue a non-admission decision. - **E.4.2:** The complainant's objections regarding his health condition and the conduct of the reminder and reflection period procedure are unfounded. The lower court adhered to the applicable case law and consideration of the facts. Further medical clarifications were not necessary. - **E.5:** The complaint is evidently unfounded and is dealt with in the simplified procedure according to Art. 109 para. 2 lit. a BGG. - **E.6:** The request for free legal aid is dismissed since the complaint is hopeless.
Summary of the Disposition
The complaint is dismissed, and the request for free legal aid is also dismissed. Court costs are imposed on the complainant.
2C_567/2024: Release from medical professional secrecy concerning health data of a deceased person
Summary of the Facts
The husband and father of the complainants died in connection with a minimally invasive inguinal hernia operation. The autopsy revealed heart pump failure due to an abdominal aortic aneurysm as the cause of death. No indications of breaches of duty of care by the treating physicians were found. The complainants requested the release from medical professional secrecy to access further medical documents. Both the cantonal Department of Finance and Social Affairs and the Administrative Court of the Canton of Thurgau rejected this.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
5A_63/2026: Judgment on the removal of child representation and the dismissal of the guardian
Summary of the Facts
The proceedings concern the dismissal of the child's representative and the guardian for the complainant's daughter, who is in the sole custody of the mother. The lower courts (KESB, District Council, Cantonal Court) dismissed the corresponding requests and complaints of the complainant or partly did not admit them. The complainant filed a complaint with the Federal Court, which did not admit it and dismissed the request for free legal aid.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
5A_1098/2025: Delay and refusal of justice
Summary of the Facts
The complainant filed a complaint against the Regional Debt Collection Office Mettauertal due to delay and refusal of justice. The cantonal authorities, the District Court of Laufenburg and the Cantonal Court of Aargau as the higher supervisory authority in debt collection law, rejected the complaint. After the delivery of the final cantonal decision, the complainant filed a complaint with the Federal Court no later than December 18, 2025.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
8C_661/2025: Decision on the complaint regarding social assistance and precautionary measures
Summary of the Facts
The complainant filed a complaint against the decision of the municipal council of Untersiggenthal, which reduced her social assistance. She requested the ordering of the precautionary measure to ensure social assistance at its original level within the context of the administrative complaint. The Department of Health and Social Affairs of the Canton of Aargau rejected this request. The Administrative Court of the Canton of Aargau confirmed this decision.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
5A_562/2025: Judgment on the complaint regarding the commercial register entry of an association
Summary of the Facts
The Commercial Register Office of the Canton of Zurich made a new entry for the association A.________ on August 20, 2024. This included the recording of a board of seven persons with collective signing authority for two. The entry was published in the Swiss Commercial Gazette. Complainants, who are not part of the board, requested the deletion of the entry, claiming erroneous documents and unauthorized registration. The Administrative Court of the Canton of Zurich did not admit the complaint, as it is a civil law procedure. The complainants appealed to the Federal Court against this.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
1D_1/2026: Judgment on the admissibility of a subsidiary constitutional complaint regarding the adjustment of a work certificate
Summary of the Facts
A.________ initially worked at EKSD and later at SJSD as an administrative adjunct. After his employment was formally terminated, he received a final certificate, the content of which he repeatedly contested. By decision of October 1, 2024, SJSD rejected his submissions. The Cantonal Court of Fribourg partially upheld his complaint and referred the case back to SJSD for adjustment of the final certificate. A.________ submitted a subsidiary constitutional complaint to the Federal Court.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
6B_849/2025: Judgment on possession of a prohibited weapon (Nunchaku)
Summary of the Facts
The complainant, A.________, was controlled upon his departure from Switzerland with a nunchaku in his checked baggage at the airport. The nunchaku, which he had received as a gift from a former colleague in 2009, had been stored in his basement apartment. Without knowledge that it was a weapon requiring a permit, he intended to transport it abroad. The complainant was convicted under Art. 33 para. 1 lit. a of the Weapons Act (LArm) and sentenced to pay a fine of 500 CHF, with an alternative prison sentence of five days.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
7B_1274/2025: Compensation for measures instead of pre-trial detention
Summary of the Facts
A.________ was prosecuted for threats and violence against authorities and officials (Art. 285 StGB) after making threats against judicial officers and their families in various phone calls. After a brief pre-trial detention, A.________ was released and subjected to measures instead of detention by the Tribunal des mesures de contrainte (TMC), including psychiatric treatment and contact bans. A.________ challenged these measures, with the Federal Court recognizing some of them as disproportionate. A.________ then sought compensation and damages for the moral harm suffered, particularly in connection with the medication obligation deemed unlawful.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
5A_739/2025: Judgment regarding delay of justice and refusal of justice
Summary of the Facts
The complainant is a former owner of an agricultural operation, whose properties were auctioned due to mortgage enforcement to B.________ and C.________. After several unsuccessful legal remedies and repeated complaints against the Debt Collection Office Mettauertal, also due to alleged delay of justice and refusal of justice, the Cantonal Court of Aargau rejected the complainant's appeal and imposed a fine. The complainant then filed a complaint with the Federal Court.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
5A_44/2026: Judgment on the revision regarding spousal support and free legal aid
Summary of the Facts
The complainant requested a revision of the 2023 judgment regarding the obligation to pay support contributions to the respondent and child support contributions at the District Court. The Cantonal Court of Bern rejected the revision request on January 13, 2026, as far as it was admitted, and refused free legal aid. The complainant filed a complaint with the Federal Court and requested the cancellation of the cantonal court decision and referral back to the lower court.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
8C_726/2025: Inadmissibility of the complaint regarding disability insurance and procedural prerequisites
Summary of the Facts
The complainant contests the judgment of the Cantonal Court of Basel-Landschaft dated October 16, 2025, which confirmed the non-admission of the IV Office Basel-Landschaft regarding her re-registration for benefit receipt. The Federal Court assesses the complaint as unfounded due to the obvious lack of justification and does not admit it.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
5D_57/2025: Procedure for free legal aid and reimbursement
Summary of the Facts
The complainant requested free legal aid for a conciliation procedure and later for the appeal procedure before the Cantonal Court of Zurich. The Cantonal Court rejected the complaint, as far as it was admitted, and stated that the claim was hopeless, and the lack of financial need was not proven. The complainant then again requested free legal aid before the Federal Court and filed a complaint against the decision of the Cantonal Court.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
6B_828/2025: Judgment on the accusation of sexual acts with children and the question of the credibility of victim testimonies
Summary of the Facts
A.________ was convicted by the District Court of La Côte on February 28, 2025, for sexual acts with children. The judgment included a prison sentence of 10 months with a probation period of two years, a lifelong ban on activities with regular contact with minors, a fine of CHF 1,000, and compensation of CHF 4,500 plus interest to the victim, B.________. The judgment was confirmed by the Court of Appeals of the Canton of Vaud on July 31, 2025. In the revision before the Federal Court, A.________ requested an acquittal or a referral back to the lower court.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
7B_960/2025: Decision on the request for the lifting of the sealing of a mobile phone
Summary of the Facts
A.________ is involved in a criminal investigation initiated due to irregularities in the municipal elections of K.________ on March 23, 2025. Her mobile phone was seized by the Geneva Ministry after suspicions of election manipulation and other criminal offenses (Art. 282bis, Art. 282 and Art. 251 StGB) arose. A.________ requested the lifting of the sealing of her phone, as she considers the measures to be disproportionate and invasive of her privacy. The Tribunal des mesures de contrainte (TMC) of Geneva lifted the sealing, but A.________ filed a complaint with the Federal Court.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
8C_270/2025: Suspension of entitlement in unemployment insurance
Summary of the Facts
The respondent A.________ submitted her evidence of personal job search efforts for the control period of July 2024 late, which led the Employment Office to suspend her entitlement from August 1, 2024, for a period of 20 days. The Social Security Court of the Canton of Zurich reduced the suspension period to 15 days on the grounds that the submitted evidence met the qualitative and quantitative requirements but was submitted late. The Employment Office filed a complaint against this.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
5A_55/2026: Decision on the unfoundedness of a complaint regarding child protection measures
Summary of the Facts
The complainant is the mother of a daughter born in 2013, for whom a guardianship under Art. 308 ZGB already exists. The daughter has been living in a socio-pedagogical large family since 2015, after the mother was deprived of the right to determine her residence. In June 2025, the KESB Biel requested the KESB Thun to take over the guardianship. The KESB Thun took over the guardianship by decision of October 29, 2025, and ordered further child protection measures. Against this decision, the mother filed a complaint, which was rejected by the Cantonal Court of Bern on December 3, 2025, due to insufficient justification. With a submission on January 10, 2026, the mother turned to the Federal Court.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
8C_636/2025: Claim for insolvency compensation in connection with employer-like position
Summary of the Facts
A.________, formerly the branch manager and member of the management board of B.________ AG, applied for insolvency compensation after its bankruptcy. The unemployment fund of the Canton of Zurich denied the claim on the grounds of A.________'s employer-like position. The Social Security Court of the Canton of Zurich confirmed this assessment.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
7B_1355/2025: Judgment on the start of the sentence
Summary of the Facts
The complainant received several fines for violations of the Passenger Transport Act (SR 745.1) and did not pay them. As a consequence, a substitute prison sentence was ordered. The appeal against the start of the sentence was rejected by the cantonal Directorate of Justice and the Interior, whereby the deadline for the start of the sentence was postponed. The Administrative Court of the Canton of Zurich did not admit the cantonal complaint due to late submission. The complainant then filed a complaint with the Federal Court.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
7B_1447/2024: Judgment regarding the change of official defense
Summary of the Facts
A.________ is suspected of violence and threats against authorities and officials. He requested on August 21, 2024, a change of his official defender. The Office of the Cantonal Prosecutor of Zurich rejected his request, as did the subsequently filed cantonal complaint by the Cantonal Court of Zurich on November 27, 2024. A.________ challenged this decision with a criminal complaint to the Federal Court.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
8C_728/2025: Judgment on supplementary benefits to AHV/IV and procedural prerequisites
Summary of the Facts
The complainant filed a legal remedy against the judgment of the Cantonal Court of Basel-Landschaft, which confirmed the monthly supplementary benefit to AHV of CHF 1,498.-. Of this, CHF 965.- was directly paid to the complainant after deducting the health insurance premium. The Federal Court examined whether the complainant's submissions contained sufficient justification for the appeal against the lower court's finding of facts and the application of federal law.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
8C_536/2025: Judgment on the rejection of compensation due to insolvency in the context of unemployment insurance
Summary of the Facts
The complainant A.________ (born 1989), employed by B.________ SA, requested compensation due to insolvency for outstanding wages. The public unemployment fund of the Canton of Fribourg rejected this claim, as the complainant had not fulfilled his duty to mitigate damages. The lower court confirmed the decision.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
1C_588/2024: Examination of the legality of a building permit in the context of zoning planning and landscape protection
Summary of the Facts
The contested building permit of the municipality of St-Sulpice concerns the temporary conversion of an existing building (WC facility) on parcel No. 52, located in the shore area of the "Aire de dégagement" of the PPA "Le Coteau". The project provides for the establishment of a mobile structure for the sale of ice cream and drinks. The permit was granted by the municipality and confirmed by the lower court. Plaintiffs are residents and owners of neighboring parcels, who oppose the building permit, claiming that the affected parcel is outside the construction zone and requires special cantonal approval.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
8C_181/2025: Judgment regarding disability pension and violation of reporting obligations
Summary of the Facts
A.________, managing director of B.________ GmbH, had been receiving a disability pension since 2010 due to a bicycle accident that resulted in a skull fracture. After a comprehensive medical review and several revisions, the IV Office of the Canton of Graubünden retroactively revoked the pension as of June 30, 2017, and demanded CHF 101,833.- in wrongly received benefits to be repaid. The background to the pension revocation was a medically established improvement in the health condition since summer 2016 and a violation of the reporting obligation. After the complaint was rejected by the Cantonal Court of Graubünden, the insured filed a complaint with the Federal Court.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
7B_1055/2025: Non-admission of a complaint due to non-payment of cost advance
Summary of the Facts
The complainant A.________ filed a complaint against a decision of the Cantonal Court of Zurich (III. Criminal Chamber) dated September 15, 2025. He was initially given a deadline until November 19, 2025, and later a legally non-extendable deadline until January 6, 2026, to pay a cost advance of CHF 800. Despite several deliveries of the payment request, the cost advance was not paid in due time.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
7B_733/2025: Complaint against the decision regarding the search and the sequestration of a mobile phone
Summary of the Facts
The Federal Court examines a complaint from A.________ against the decision of the Chambre pénale de recours of the Canton of Geneva dated June 27, 2025. The subject of the review concerns the search and the sequestration of A.________'s mobile phone, which took place within the framework of an investigation by the Geneva Public Prosecutor. The investigation concerns alleged election manipulations and forgery in connection with a municipal election event.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
6B_957/2024: Judgment on the criminal and measure orders as well as civil claims
Summary of the Facts
The judgment concerns the criminal and civil consequences for the complainant, who was convicted of various sexual offenses, including rape, sexual coercion, and other sexual acts with minors, as well as a drug offense. The lower courts also ordered outpatient therapy according to Art. 63 StGB. The complainant appealed against this, emphasizing his innocence and requesting, among other things, a reduction of the penalty and the suspension of the prison sentence in favor of the outpatient measure.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
5A_51/2026: Judgment on the admissibility and justification of a complaint in civil matters
Summary of the Facts
A.________ received two garnishment announcements from the Debt Collection Office of the Sense District on November 26, 2025. He filed a complaint against this on December 4, 2025, which was dismissed by the Cantonal Court of Fribourg on January 6, 2026, as far as it was admitted. Subsequently, on January 19, 2026, A.________ filed a subsidiary constitutional complaint with the Federal Court, which was treated as a complaint in civil matters.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
7B_1251/2025: Non-admission due to lack of cost advance payment
Summary of the Facts
The complainant filed a complaint in criminal matters on November 17, 2025, against the decision of the Cantonal Court of Bern dated October 8, 2025. The subject of the dispute concerns a refusal of justice.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
5A_444/2025: Decision on complaints regarding the garnishment of an inheritance share and access to files
Summary of the Facts
In a proceeding against B.________, his liquidative share of an undistributed inheritance was garnished. A.________, co-heir of the inheritance community, was informed about the garnishment and did not participate in the settlement hearing for the exploitation of the share rights. She filed a complaint against various decisions of the Debt Collection Office, including regarding the garnishment and the denied access to files. The lower court largely dismissed her submission, after which A.________ turned to the Federal Court.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
7B_1228/2025: Non-admission and non-acceptance
Summary of the Facts
A.________ filed a criminal complaint against the Cantonal Forestry Office of Schaffhausen, alleging that an agricultural plot had been converted to forest land without fulfilling the legal requirements of Art. 2 of the Cantonal Forest Act and the Federal Law on Forests. The Public Prosecutor's Office of Schaffhausen decided not to proceed with the criminal investigation. The Cantonal Court of Schaffhausen did not admit the complaint filed against this decision.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
5A_62/2026: Judgment regarding delay of justice / refusal of justice
Summary of the Facts
The complainant filed a complaint regarding delay or refusal of justice against the KESB of the City of Zurich. This was dismissed by the District Council of Zurich with a decision dated October 30, 2025; at the same time, no admission was made on requests regarding enforcement, detention, and damages. The Cantonal Court of Zurich did not admit the complaint filed against this decision on December 22, 2025. The complainant subsequently filed a complaint with the Federal Court and requested the determination of various legal violations as well as a referral of the matter back to the lower courts. He also requested free legal aid.
Full summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.