MEDICAL LAW

Our law firm ensures legal assistance to patients, doctors, healthcare institutions and insurance companies. We have accumulated substantial expertise in the following areas:

MEDICAL RIGHTS OF THE PATIENT
We assist patients in matters such as:

  • Patients’ rights, medical files, informed consent as a patient, privacy of the client
  • If you suffer damage as a result of non-compliance regarding your rights as a patient, you can apply for compensation at a civil court
  • Medical errors and remaining discomfort as a result of medical surgery, permanent discomfort after childbirth, a late intervention or ignorance by the doctor
  • Disputes of medical treatment fees
  • Medical insurance contracts
  • Procedures for compensation of damage under the Medical Accident Fund (Law of 31 March 2010) ("Fonds voor medische ongevallen")
  • Legal action against a doctor
  • Contacts with ombudsman services
  • Cases of possible hospital liability: investigation whether a medical error has been committed during a medical procedure

MEDICAL LAW FOR DOCTORS
Doctors are not only bound by their deontology, but also by a strict legal framework. As a doctor, you need to be well informed about medical law and the risks of liability. We have a long experience in providing assistance to negotiate amicable settlements and in legal proceedings with regard to the following aspects:

  • Professional secrecy
  • The specific status of the hospital doctor
  • Deontology and professional confidentiality
  • Medical disciplinary law: deontological disputes between doctors and the Order of Physicians ("Orde der Geneeshren") and assistance in the event of disciplinary proceedings
  • Civil and criminal liability of the medical professional in the event of medical errors or the use of medical devices
  • Cooperation agreements between medical professionals and/or with healthcare institutions
  • The medical file
  • Assistance in concluding medical insurance contracts

MEDICAL LAW FOR HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS
Healthcare institutions also need good legal representation. Our lawyers have the necessary expertise and experience to assist healthcare institutions and hospitals in situations like:

  • Civil and criminal liability of the medical professional or the healthcare institution in the event of medical errors
  • Agreements with physicians and patients on the use of medical devices
  • Settlements with insurance companies
  • Handling of patients' rights (medical records, privacy, informed consent)
  • Personal injury cases
  • Litigation and protection of intellectual property

OUR ADVICE TO OTHER ACTORS SUBJECT TO MEDICAL LAW
We also assist pharmacists, physiotherapists, nurses (for example civil liability, subordination between a nurse and a doctor) and other actors for which the medical law is applicable.

MEDIATION AS A PRAGMATIC MEANS OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION
We strongly believe in the usefulness of mediation as a way to solve conflicts.
In the event of a conflict, we will assess with you the best form of conflict resolution for your situation: court proceedings or mediation.
Mediation makes it possible to solve conflicts amicably outside the courts. Even in disputes where no mediator has been appointed by the Court of Commerce, our mediators often succeed in solving conflicts between their clients and other parties by applying mediation techniques.
Our colleagues Lieve Dehaese and Guido Quanten have followed training as mediators in both civil law and business law.