Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appeal proceedings are governed by old law or the new Swiss Code of Civil Procedure when the first-instance decision was orally announced only with the dispositive before 2011.
Decisão extraída
The appeal proceedings remain governed by the old law because a decision is already 'opened' within the meaning of Art. 405(1) ZPO when it is orally announced with delivery of the dispositive, even if the reasoned judgment is served only later.
Fundamentação extraída
The term 'opening' under the new law also covers prior oral announcement with dispositive. Under Art. 239 ZPO, a decision may initially be communicated orally with the dispositive; from that moment the court can no longer withdraw from the decision, showing that opening has already occurred. Transitional law therefore refers to the date of this opening, not to service of the reasons.