Liabi
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Liability law regulates who or what entity is liable for damages. This is based on the premise that each person bears his or her own damages unless there is a legal ground for compensation. At its core, liability law functions as a system that distributes societal risks.
This area of law includes both contractual liability, where the damage arises from failure to perform contractual obligations, and extra-contractual liability (tort), where the damage arises without there being a prior agreement between the parties.
Although in many cases it is clear who should pay for what damages, this is an area of law in which open standards play a major role. It is by no means always clear in advance who bears what responsibility. This is a question that interests us. We have experience with duties of care of companies and governments in complex circumstances. We have extensive experience in proceedings against the state and companies concerning damage resulting from environmental pollution.
Both in horizontal relationships and in power relationships, the question of what people and institutions can expect from each other is of vital importance. Liability law therefore concerns much more than the question of who should compensate what damage.
