Insurance & liability
Services.
Liabilities linked to the management and operation of a company
All litigation relating to insurance law
Insurance policy
Civial and criminal defense before the Courts
Adaptation of foreign insurance policies to Belgian law
Our Insurance & Liability practice is consulted by insured, insurers and insurance brokers for general insurance and liability management, risk mitigation, pre-litigation advice and representation before courts and arbitral tribunals in insurance (including credit insurance) and liability matters.
Janson assists its clients throughout all areas of insurance such as professional liability, property insurance, business interruption, product liability, Directors and Officers liability, bodily injury, health insurance and life insurance.
Track record.
Assisting multiple corporations in their risk and insurance management assessment
Assessments for numerous insured of the guarantees contained in their insurance policies
Adaptation of foreign insurance policies into Belgian law
Representing multiple clients in disputes regarding their director’s liability
Representing numerous clients in disputes with respect to their professional liability (such as lawyers, health care workers, accountants, engineers, consultants, etc.)
Representing a credit insurer before an arbitral tribunal in a multimillion EUR dispute regarding a credit insurance claim of a diamond merchant
Representing a food manufacturer in a major insurance dispute concerning coverage refusal by the insurer for damaged goods
Representing a world leading logistics corporation in a liability dispute as a result of a fire
Representing various corporations in disputes pertaining to product liability
Representing numerous clients in disputes regarding construction liability related matters
Academic & scientific work.
Paul-Henry Delvaux has spent most of his career as a professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain (from 1975 to 2004).
Martine Berwette is lecturer at the University of Mons and professor at the Brussels Bar.
The team has published many books and articles over the past few years, including the following :
L'expertise amiable et l'expertise judiciaire offrent-elles les mêmes garanties ?, in Droit médical et dommage corporel. Etat des lieux et perspectives, Ouvrage collectif sous la direction d'Isabelle Lutte, Anthemis, 2014, pp.9 à 35
Recension de l'ouvrage Réforme du droit de la responsabilité extracontractuelle (I. Lutte, Anthemis, 2020), FOR.ASS., n°206, 2020
Vers un droit de la victime, in La victime, ses droits, ses juges, Ouvrage collectif sous la direction de P.H. Delvaux, Collection de la Conférence du Jeune Barreau de Bruxelles, Larcier, 2009
La loi du 15 mai 2007 relative à l'indemnisation des dommages résultant des soins de santé : quelques observations critiques, in Evolution des droits du patient, indemnisation sans faute des dommages liés aux soins de santé : le droit médical en mouvement, Ouvrage collectif sous la direction de Geneviève Schamps, LGDJ, Bruylant, 2008
L'assurance de la responsabilité civile des entreprises, in Les entreprises et leurs assurances, Ouvrage collectif, Kluwer 2006
Quelques réflexions théoriques sur un tableau pratique, in Le traitement des sinistres avec dommage corporel et dix ans de tableau indicatif, Ouvrage collectif, Larcier, 2004
Le règlement des sinistres : obligation de faire offre et délais de règlement, in Du neuf en assurance R.C. automobile, Ouvrage collectif, Bruylant, 2004
Les effets en droit belge de la résolution des contrats pour inexécutions, in Les sanctions de l'inexécution des obligations contractuelles, Etudes de droit comparé, Ouvrage collectif, LGDJ - Bruylant, 2001