Disclosure in Switzerland – a summary
Abstract
Purpose
Seeks to summarize the arguably complex situation of disclosure in Switzerland in view of the rules on professional and banking secrecy.
Design/methodology/approach
The methodology used is practical experience, law, jurisprudence and earlier publications by the author and others.
Findings
Nothing new is found, but what is new, is to find the rules of disclosure, in its penal and civil aspects, in one place and in a summarized practice‐oriented manner and not dispersed in different parts of Swiss law.
Research limitations/implications
A future paper should cover the topic of disclosure on the national and international level between authorities, in particular penal, anti‐money laundering and surveyance of financial markets authorities, and not only, as it is in the present articles between authorities and individuals. The exchange between authorities is based on a complex set of rules dispersed in different parts of Swiss law.
Practical implications
This paper has practical implications, as it is addressed to the foreign legal practitioner, who needs to know what are the exceptions to the prohibition of disclosure based on the protection of the private sphere under Swiss law. A future extension of the paper would deal with what information he can get through the exchange of information between the authorities of his country and the Swiss authorities.
Originality/value
What is new is to find the rules of disclosure in one place and in a summarized practice‐oriented manner.
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Citation
Ringgenberg, C. (2006), "Disclosure in Switzerland – a summary", Journal of Money Laundering Control, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 191-197. https://doi.org/10.1108/13685200610660998
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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