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After review of the entrance examination for admission to a Swiss academic secondary school, it became clear that the student should have received an additional point, which would have allowed the student to pass the examination.

By decision of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) dated 5 May 2026, appeal proceedings were discontinued on the grounds that the matter had become moot. As part of the proceedings before the State Secretariat, the complainant was subsequently awarded the Swiss Federal Diploma as a Medical Masseur.

Ms Kerstin Jäger is completing an internship at our law firm. She is currently studying for her Bachelor’s degree in Law at the University of Zurich.

In 2024, a cantonal migration office indicated to an applicant that their residence permit would not be renewed. In a decision dated 15 September 2025, the office granted him the residence permit after he submitted a statement as part of the legal hearing. Following the decision, the applicant was again issued with a warning under the law on foreign nationals.

In August 2024, an employer succeeded in evicting a dismissed domestic worker from the property in summary proceedings. In November 2024, the eviction was enforced under civil law.

In July 2024, a cantonal civil law appeal authority upheld an appeal by Kanzlei König. In the appeal proceedings, the appellants complained that the lower court had violated a provision of civil procedure.

In its ruling of 4 March 2024, a cantonal appeals authority upheld an appeal filed by Kanzlei König in a matter under education law. The proceedings centred on whether or not a threat of expulsion from a baccalaureate school was justified.

In its ruling dated 28 November 2023, a cantonal examination committee upheld an objection from Kanzlei König against a grading decision on a vocational education course. As a result of this objection, the appellant was issued a Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training as a Healthcare Assistant (Fachfrau Gesundheit EFZ).

Measures against countries, organisations, and private or legal persons have assumed much more importance in Switzerland with the war in Ukraine.