Latest Rulings of the Federal Court
Here you will find the most recent rulings of the Federal Court (BGer) from bger.ch. For the first three rulings, we present detailed summaries including facts, considerations, and dispositives. For the other rulings, you will find a summary of the facts. The complete summaries of all rulings are available on the portal of Lexplorer. There you can configure your newsletter and receive the latest rulings tailored to your areas of law.
2C_72/2026: Decision on the residence permit of a Pakistani national in family reunification
Summary of the Facts
The complainant, a Pakistani national, received a residence permit in January 2024 after entering Switzerland under the family reunification process with his Swiss wife. In November 2024, the wife informed the authorities about their separation, and the cantonal authorities rejected the extension of the residence permit in June 2025. Both the Security Directorate of the Canton of Zurich and the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zurich dismissed the legal remedies filed against this decision. The complainant requested the Federal Court to extend the residence permit, citing personal reasons, particularly domestic violence and his integration.
Summary of the Considerations
The appeal in public law matters is only permissible in the area of foreign law if a claim for the requested permit is credibly established. The complainant had a residence permit based on his marriage. This permit expired in January 2025; a claim for extension requires the existence of a marital community or important personal reasons. According to the lower court, there is no longer a marital community, as the complainant and his wife live separately and the wife's will to maintain the marriage has lapsed. A claim for a permit under Art. 50 para. 1 lit. a AIG is eliminated, as the marital community lasted less than three years. Important personal reasons under Art. 50 para. 1 lit. b and para. 2 AIG were not sufficiently credibly established. In particular, the complainant's claims regarding domestic violence could not be substantiated with evidence. Successful integration alone does not establish a hardship case. A claim for a residence permit based on Art. 8 EMRK is denied, as there is neither a core family nor sufficient indications of particularly pronounced integration with a short duration of stay. A subsidiary constitutional complaint fails due to lack of allegations of formal denial of rights. Overall, the appeal is found to be obviously inadmissible.
Summary of the Dispositive
The Federal Court did not admit the appeal and rejected the request for free legal assistance. Court costs were not imposed.
4A_315/2025: Decision on international arbitration in a labor law dispute
Summary of the Facts
The Football Union A.________ (complainant) prematurely terminated the employment contract of a football coach, B.________ (respondent), and did not pay him his salary for October 2023. Following the lawsuit by the respondent, the FIFA Players' Status Chamber (FIFA PSC) awarded the respondent outstanding salary and damages. A.________ contested this before the Tribunal Arbitral du Sport (TAS), which confirmed the decision of the FIFA PSC. The complainant ultimately brought the case before the Federal Court and contested the jurisdiction of the FIFA PSC and the TAS.
Summary of the Considerations
- **E.1-2**: Formal procedural requirements were examined; language of the proceedings and the inclusion of documents clarified. - **E.3**: The complaint in civil matters is permissible as a cassation remedy. The jurisdictional question is central; the justification requirements were met. - **E.4**: The complainant challenged the jurisdiction of the FIFA PSC and the TAS according to Art. 190 para. 2 lit. b IPRG. - **E.4.1**: The interpretation of the jurisdiction rule is done freely but restrictively. According to the principle of trust, clause no. 16 of the employment contract is to be assessed. - **E.4.2-4.5**: The clause refers to "competent court," which, according to objective interpretation, includes state courts and not the FIFA PSC or the TAS. No clear waiver of state jurisdiction was established. - **E.4.6-4.7**: Art. 22 para. 1 RSTP of FIFA provides only for subsidiary jurisdiction for contractual labor law disputes when no jurisdiction of state courts has been contractually agreed upon. This was agreed upon here, so the FIFA PSC is incompetent. - **E.5**: The Federal Court overturns the TAS decision and remits the case to the TAS with the requirement to establish the incompetence of FIFA.
Summary of the Dispositive
The Federal Court granted the appeal, overturned the arbitration award, and remitted the case for further processing. The court costs were imposed on the respondent, who was ordered to compensate the complainant.
2C_600/2024: Judgment on family reunification under the Free Movement Agreement
Summary of the Facts
The North Macedonian national A.A. applied for family reunification in Switzerland with his extramarital son B.A. The application was rejected due to expired reunification deadlines and the inapplicability of the Free Movement Agreement (FZA). The Administrative Court of the Canton of Bern confirmed these decisions.
Summary of the Considerations
The Federal Court examined the admissibility requirements and declared the complaint admissible. It was established that the complainant 2 (B.A.) has never lived together with the EU citizen spouse of his father in another member state and therefore there is no cross-border connection, as would be required for the applicability of the FZA. From the free movement law return scenarios, as developed by the ECJ and considered in earlier judgments by the Federal Court, no claim for reunification can be derived in this case. The lower court convincingly argued under domestic law that reunification is no longer permissible due to expired deadlines. This was not questioned by the complainants.
Summary of the Dispositive
The complaint was dismissed, and court costs of CHF 2,000 were imposed on complainant 1. No party compensation was granted.
7B_1404/2025: Inadmissibility of the complaint
Summary of the Facts
A.________ filed a complaint against a non-admission order of the public prosecutor of the Canton of Neuchâtel with the cantonal court. This was dismissed on November 28, 2025, by the authority for complaints in criminal matters of the court, to the extent that it was admitted. On December 22, 2025, A.________ submitted a criminal complaint to the Federal Court.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
9F_27/2025: Revision of the Federal Court judgment
Summary of the Facts
The applicant A.________ requested the revision of the Federal Court judgment 9D_12/2024 of June 12, 2025. In the original case, A.________ was ordered to pay damages to the AHV fund as the managing partner of a company that went bankrupt due to unpaid social insurance contributions. He justified the revision request with newly discovered facts and evidence, which were to particularly question his responsibility.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
4A_252/2025: Sick pay during unemployment
Summary of the Facts
The complainant, an unemployed insured person, took out a supplementary health insurance policy. After a complete inability to work due to illness, she applied for daily benefits beyond the time of her exclusion from unemployment insurance. The sick pay insurance refused these benefits on the grounds that no loss of income was present due to lack of employment and exclusion. The social insurance court of the Canton of Zurich dismissed her lawsuit.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
7B_1302/2025: Decision regarding the deferral of a monetary fine
Summary of the Facts
The complainant (A.________) requested the public prosecutor of the Canton of Solothurn to defer a monetary fine of CHF 3,300, which was rejected. An additional request to lift the enforcement initiated by the court office was also not addressed. The High Court of the Canton of Solothurn dismissed the complaint on October 28, 2025. The complainant then filed a complaint with the Federal Court.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
1C_42/2026: Inadmissibility of the complaint against the interim decision
Summary of the Facts
By decision of March 9, 2021, the Commission for Compensation Issues in the area of expropriation of the Canton of Valais ordered the State of Valais to pay compensation of 861,697 Swiss francs to A.________ due to material expropriation triggered by the protection of a villa in 2008. This decision was repeatedly reviewed after various proceedings. In a judgment of November 29, 2025, the Cantonal Court confirmed the rejection of a case of material expropriation but referred the aspect of project costs back to the commission for further clarification. The Federal Court finally examined whether there was an immediate reason for appeal against the judgment of the Cantonal Court.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
7F_5/2026: Judgment regarding the revision request
Summary of the Facts
The judgment deals with a revision request from A.________ against a previous ruling of the Federal Court (7B_969/2025) of November 17, 2025. In that procedure, the Federal Court did not admit a complaint from A.________ regarding the discontinuation. A.________ requested the revision of the judgment and raised various grounds for revision but could not sufficiently substantiate them.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
1C_721/2025: Dismissal of the complaint against the inadmissibility of the revision
Summary of the Facts
The complainant, whose facilitated naturalization was revoked by the State Secretariat for Migration, requested a revision of an earlier decision of the Federal Administrative Court (TAF), which declared his complaint due to non-payment of the cost advance as inadmissible. The TAF rejected the revision request due to lack of relevant new facts. The complainant filed a complaint against this decision with the Federal Court.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
7B_668/2025: Judgment on the crime of rape and conditions of detention
Summary of the Facts
The Federal Court dealt with the complaint of A.________, who was convicted by the lower court, among other things, of the crime of rape and sentenced to 40 months in prison as well as expulsion from the country for five years with entry into the Schengen Information System (SIS). The lower court evaluated evidence supporting the testimony of the victim and dismissed the version of the complainant. The Federal Court reviewed the complainant's objections regarding issues of evidence assessment, severity of the sentence, conditions of detention, and expulsion.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
1C_576/2025: Judgment regarding the precautionary suspension of a driver's license and cost allocation
Summary of the Facts
The Road Traffic Office of the Canton of Zurich provisionally and indefinitely suspended A.________'s driver's license of the 2nd medical group on May 31, 2024, because he had not undergone the required traffic medical control examination. After several instances, the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zurich upheld the objectivity of the previous suspension on August 20, 2025, but imposed court fees on A.________ and did not grant him any party compensation. A.________ challenged this before the Federal Court and requested, among other things, a new cost and compensation regulation.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
7B_1232/2025: Judgment regarding the complaint for delay of justice in the release from custody proceedings
Summary of the Facts
A.________ had been in custody since August 2021 and was sentenced by the District Court of Zurich in May 2022. Following the appeal by the public prosecutor and the private plaintiff, the High Court of the Canton of Zurich increased the sentence to 7 ½ years in September 2023. Upon complaint, the Federal Court overturned this judgment in December 2024 and remitted the case. A.________ filed a request for release from custody in June 2025, which was overlooked by the High Court. He was only released from early imprisonment in November 2025. A.________ then filed a complaint for delay of justice.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
9D_1/2026: Judgment regarding the waiver of procedural costs
Summary of the Facts
In the present case, the complainant A.________ requested the waiver or deferral of court costs imposed in two cantonal proceedings. He alleged the violation of various constitutional rights and also requested free legal assistance. The Secretariat of the Courts of the Canton of Aargau rejected the request for the waiver of costs, which was confirmed in the subsequent complaint proceedings by the Administrative Court of the Canton of Aargau.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
4A_311/2025: Judgment on jurisdiction in international labor disputes in arbitration
Summary of the Facts
The Football Union A.________ (complainant) prematurely terminated the employment contract with B.________ (respondent), a professional football coach. The latter then filed a lawsuit with the Players' Status Chamber of FIFA (FIFA PSC). Following jurisdiction declarations by the FIFA PSC and the Tribunal Arbitral du Sport (TAS) as the appellate instance, the Football Union contested the jurisdiction of these institutions and filed a complaint with the Federal Court to counter these jurisdictions.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
5A_88/2026: Garnishment announcement
Summary of the Facts
The complainant contested a garnishment announcement by the Office of Debt Collection Basel-Landschaft. The supervisory authority for debt collection and bankruptcy Basel-Landschaft did not admit the complaint. The complainant then filed a complaint with the Federal Court, but supplemented it late.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
7B_87/2026: Withdrawal of the complaint and procedural discontinuation
Summary of the Facts
The complainant A.________ filed a complaint against the decision of the President of the Criminal Chamber of the Cour de justice of the Canton of Geneva of December 4, 2025. On February 9, 2026, he withdrew his complaint.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
8C_759/2025: Inadmissibility of the complaint in the disability insurance procedure
Summary of the Facts
The complainant contested a non-admission decision by the Social Insurance Court of the Canton of Zurich. She filed a complaint with the Federal Court, which exhibited formal and substantive defects.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
1C_457/2025: Administrative fine in public building law
Summary of the Facts
The complainant received repeated official orders to dismantle the unfinished agricultural hangar on her property and restore the original condition. After repeatedly failing to comply with such orders, she was imposed a third, increased administrative fine of CHF 19,000 in November 2023. The complainant challenged this fine up to the Federal Court, alleging a violation of the principle of proportionality and seeking its cancellation or reduction.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
5A_126/2026: Suspending effect in relation to precautionary measures
Summary of the Facts
The mother of a child born in 2024 requests suspending effect in connection with a court-approved agreement on precautionary measures (guardianship under Art. 308 para. 1 and 2 ZGB). After the High Court of Zurich dismissed a reconsideration request due to lack of changed circumstances, she filed a complaint with the Federal Court.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
9F_1/2026: Judgment on a revision request concerning tax proceedings, tax periods 2012-2020
Summary of the Facts
The applicant A.________ seeks the revision of a Federal Court judgment of September 24, 2025 (9C_288/2025), in which the Federal Court did not admit a complaint. This non-admission resulted from an insufficient legal treatment of a lower court's non-admission decision. The applicant bases the revision request on his claim of being a victim of defamation, as well as on the discontinuation of a fine procedure in 2025.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
7B_108/2026: Inadmissibility of the complaint due to lack of justification
Summary of the Facts
The complainant A.________ approached the Federal Court with a complaint against the dismissal of his cantonal submission regarding two disciplinary sanctions imposed on him. These sanctions (temporary exclusion from leisure activities) were ordered due to refusal to undergo a security check and were considered proportionate. His legal remedy was dismissed in the lower court.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
1C_343/2025: Access to documents related to an inheritance – data protection regulations
Summary of the Facts
B.A.________ and A.A.________ requested access to testament documents and original documents regarding the inheritance of a person who passed away in 1996. After rejections by the Commission de gestion du Pouvoir judiciaire (CGPJ) and the Administrative Chamber of the Cour de justice of the Canton of Geneva, they appealed to the Federal Court, citing an interest in earlier access. The cantonal authorities rejected their request, referring to cantonal data protection and the statutory blocking period.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
5A_86/2026: Judgment on the admissibility of a complaint in debt enforcement proceedings
Summary of the Facts
The complainant was subjected to enforcement by the Swiss Confederation. After an initial payment order was lifted on June 17, 2025, the Office of Debt Collection Basel-Landschaft issued a rectified payment order on August 14, 2025. The complainant filed a complaint against this process, which the supervisory authority Basel-Landschaft did not admit on January 13, 2026. Against this non-admission decision, he filed a complaint with the Federal Court on January 27, 2026, but supplemented it outside the permissible deadline.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
9C_511/2025: Claim for widower's pension
Summary of the Facts
A.________ applied to the Cassa svizzera di compensazione (CSC) for a survivor's pension for widowers after the death of his Swiss spouse, with whom he initially had a registered partnership and later converted it into a marriage. The CSC rejected the application, stating that the conditions according to the Federal Law on Old-Age and Survivors' Insurance (AHVG) were not met. The Federal Administrative Court confirmed this decision. A.________ then filed a complaint with the Federal Court.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
4A_313/2025: Jurisdiction of an arbitration court in a labor law dispute
Summary of the Facts
The Football Union A.________ (complainant) prematurely terminated the employment contract with football coach B.________ (respondent) due to insufficient sports results. B.________ filed a lawsuit with the FIFA Players' Status Chamber (FIFA PSC), which partially ruled in his favor. The Football Union A.________ contested this decision before the Tribunal Arbitral du Sport (TAS), among other things, on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction. However, the TAS confirmed the jurisdiction of the FIFA PSC and dismissed the appeal. The employer filed a complaint with the Federal Court against this arbitration award.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
8C_16/2026: Review of procedural requirements in the area of disability insurance
Summary of the Facts
The procedure concerns a complaint against an interim decision of the Federal Administrative Court, which rejected a request from the complainant for free legal assistance. The rejection was made due to lack of evidence of indigence. The Federal Administrative Court ordered the complainant to pay a cost advance, threatening to not admit the complaint in case of non-compliance.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
9C_524/2025: Judgment regarding disability pension
Summary of the Facts
The complainant requested benefits from the disability insurance (IV) based on a cancer condition diagnosed since 2012. After several medical and household-related investigations, the IV office of the Canton of Aargau ultimately denied any pension benefits starting from July 1, 2013. The Insurance Court of the Canton of Aargau dismissed the complaint filed against this decision, leading the insured person to file a complaint in public law matters with the Federal Court. The aim was to obtain a limited half disability pension for the period from May 1, 2014, to October 31, 2017.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
5A_91/2026: Judgment regarding the recusal of a judge (custody and maintenance)
Summary of the Facts
The complainant (father) filed a complaint against the decision of the High Court of the Canton of Zug, which rejected his request for recusal. The rejection was based on the reasoning that the request was hopeless. The complainant essentially contested the assessment of the request as hopeless and did not raise any grounds for appeal related to the dispositive.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.
7B_1/2026: Decision on release from custody and procedural discontinuation in criminal proceedings against A.________
Summary of the Facts
A.________ was suspected of having committed theft along with B.________ in a professional and gang-related manner. The public prosecutor initiated criminal proceedings against him, and he was placed in pre-trial custody in July 2025. A.________'s request for release from custody was denied in the lower courts; however, the High Court of the Canton of Thurgau found a violation of the requirement for expediency. A.________ requested his release from custody before the Federal Court and the annulment of the High Court decision. However, before the Federal Court could address the matter, he was released, rendering the proceedings moot.
Complete summary of the judgment can be found in the Portal.