Our experience
The insurance and liability law department has been an active part of the partnership since it was created in 1950.
It has successively employed some of the most renowned Belgian specialists in these fields, such as Professor R.O. Dalcq.
Its acquired experience, the quality of its members, the rigour and independence that it has always demonstrated and its intervention in many current headline litigation mean that it is today consulted by individuals and insurance companies alike. This uniquely specific nature enables it to offer a global and objective approach to the problems that it takes on.
The department members are regularly consulted in the following areas:
- Disputes relating to the application of insurance policies for damages (liability, property and expenses insurance) or personal insurance (e.g. life assurance and hospital insurance);
- Personalised assistance for victims of road traffic accidents or of accidents in everyday life (injuries caused by animals, falls, fights, etc) with a view to obtaining full compensation for damages (bodily injury or material damage);
- Disputes claiming against the liability of all kinds of professionals, particularly healthcare, legal and construction professionals;
- Disputes claiming against the liability of companies (damages caused during company operations, marketing of defective products, Directors & Officers, etc.);
- Disputes relating to construction law (liability of the different parties involved in the construction, construction insurance and problems with the surrounding community);
- Disputes relating to the laws concerning the press;
- Disputes claiming against the liability of public authorities (executive, legislative, judiciary, highways);
- Adaptation of foreign insurance policies to Belgian law;
- Criminal defence of private individuals before the police court (traffic offences, road traffic accidents, etc.);
In addition, some members of the department carry out an academic role and are regularly invited to be speakers at symposiums organised both by the profession and by professional organisations with an interest in these issues.