Specific performance

Specific performance requires a debtor to do what was promised, such as deliver a thing, transfer a right, or refrain from prohibited conduct. Swiss law generally starts from the creditor’s right to performance, subject to impossibility, disproportion, personal performance limits, and procedural enforcement constraints. For some obligations, damages or substitute performance are more practical. Compared with common-law systems, Swiss private law is less exceptional about performance claims, but enforcement still depends on the nature of the obligation and available court measures.