Written by Onur Arslan, personal injury lawyer at Arslan Advocaten. Registered in the legal practice areas register of the Netherlands Bar for employment law and personal injury. Last updated: 31 August 2026.
In short: Arslan Advocaten assists accident victims in Tilburg from Kraaivenstraat 38-10, 5048 AB Tilburg. The first assessment of your case is free of charge. Where another party is liable, the reasonable costs of our assistance are in principle paid by that party or its insurer (Article 6:96(2) Dutch Civil Code). We work in Dutch, Turkish, Polish and English. Call 013 747 0022 or email [email protected].
What does a personal injury lawyer in Tilburg do for you?
A personal injury lawyer holds the liable party to account, maps out the full extent of your loss, steers the medical process and negotiates the compensation with the insurer — so that you can concentrate on your recovery instead of on building a case file. At Arslan Advocaten that always starts with a free assessment of your situation: you find out where you stand, what is achievable and what the next step is, before you commit to anything.
The reason this work exists is that the party across the table is a professional. The insurer's claims handler deals with cases like yours every day. You do this once in your life, usually while you are in pain, off work and unsure how your recovery will go. That is not a level playing field, and it only becomes one once someone on your side speaks the same language.
In a Tilburg case we specifically do the following:
| What we do | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Drafting the notice of liability | its wording partly determines what the discussion will be about for the rest of the process, and it interrupts the limitation period |
| Recording how the accident happened | police report, witnesses, photographs, accident notification to the employer |
| Instructing a medical adviser | your symptoms are assessed medically by someone who does not work for the insurer |
| Quantifying the loss in full | not just medical costs, but also loss of income, domestic help, loss of DIY capacity and travel costs |
| Requesting an advance payment | where liability is admitted you do not have to wait years for the final settlement |
| Negotiating and litigating where necessary | before the District Court of Zeeland-West-Brabant, or through a preliminary-issue procedure on one defined point |
What is often underestimated is that most of this work is not legal but administrative and medical. A personal injury case is rarely won on a legal argument; it is won because every head of loss is substantiated and because the medical file shows what the symptoms mean in your life.
What does a personal injury lawyer in Tilburg cost?
Where another party's liability is established, the reasonable costs of your legal assistance are in principle borne by that liable party, as a separate head of loss alongside the rest of your claim. That is the most overlooked fact in the whole of personal injury practice: people forgo expert assistance because they assume it is unaffordable, while the law in fact counts those costs among the recoverable loss.
The basis is Article 6:96(2) of the Dutch Civil Code (BW), which also treats as financial loss: the reasonable costs of preventing or limiting loss (sub a), the reasonable costs of establishing loss and liability (sub b) and the reasonable costs of obtaining satisfaction out of court (sub c). The word "reasonable" is embedded twice: it must be reasonable that you incur costs, and the amount of those costs must be reasonable — the so-called double reasonableness test. Note that paragraph 3 provides that sub b and c do not apply in so far as the costs rules of Article 241 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Rv) apply; in court proceedings the ordinary fixed-scale costs therefore apply.
| How it is funded | How it works | What to watch for |
|---|---|---|
| Costs borne by the liable party | where liability is admitted, your reasonable costs are reimbursed as a head of loss | before admission there is no cover yet; make arrangements about that phase |
| Legal expenses insurance | your policy covers the case | under Article 4:67 of the Financial Supervision Act (Wft) the policy must expressly provide that you may choose your own lawyer in judicial or administrative proceedings, or where there is a conflict of interest. The Court of Justice of the EU interprets this broadly: the insurer may not make that right of choice dependent on its own assessment that external assistance is necessary (CJEU 7 November 2013, C-442/12, Sneller/DAS) |
| State-funded legal aid | a toevoeging through the Legal Aid Board, with a personal contribution | income and asset limits apply; often not needed in personal injury cases |
| Joining the criminal proceedings | free of charge | only where a criminal offence is involved, and limited to straightforward claims |
| Violent Offences Compensation Fund | an application can be made without a lawyer | a contribution, not full compensation |
| Hourly rate | paid privately | ask in advance for an estimate and for interim arrangements |
The first assessment is free of charge with us. You can put your situation to us without incurring any costs, and you will hear straight away whether there is a liable party and whether it makes sense to go further. If it turns out there is no liable party, we will say so too — starting a case that leads nowhere does not help you.
Where will my personal injury case from Tilburg be heard?
Tilburg falls under the District Court of Zeeland-West-Brabant. That court has a hearing location in Tilburg at Stadhuisplein 75; the administration and a large part of the civil caseload sit in Breda, at Stationslaan 10. If your case goes to appeal, it will be heard by the Court of Appeal of 's-Hertogenbosch — the appellate district covering the whole of Zeeland and West and Central Brabant.
That is not a detail. Where your case is heard determines travel time, the practical course of events and which judge will look at your file.
| Question | Where it goes in principle |
|---|---|
| Subdistrict cases from Tilburg | Tilburg hearing location, Stadhuisplein 75 |
| Civil personal injury proceedings before the District Court | District Court of Zeeland-West-Brabant, as a rule the Breda location, Stationslaan 10 |
| Preliminary-issue procedure (deelgeschil) | the same court; the procedure resolves one defined point |
| Appeal | Court of Appeal of 's-Hertogenbosch |
| Joining a criminal case as an injured party | the criminal court hearing the case, usually Breda or the Tilburg hearing location |
In practice your case rarely reaches a judge. The vast majority of personal injury cases are settled out of court, through negotiation with the insurer. The court only comes into the picture if liability is disputed, if there is a lasting difference of view about the medical situation, or if the insurer makes an offer that is structurally too low and does not move.
There is, however, an intermediate route that is used regularly in Central Brabant: the preliminary-issue procedure (deelgeschil). If matters stall on one point — liability, the choice of medical expert, the questions put to that expert, or the level of non-material damages — the court can rule on that one point without the whole case being litigated. The costs rule is set out in Article 1019aa Rv: the court assesses the costs on the side of the person suffering loss through death or injury, taking into account all reasonable costs within the meaning of Article 6:96(2) BW. Those costs therefore count as a head of loss, not as legal costs. That makes the threshold for a preliminary-issue procedure considerably lower than that of full proceedings.
Where is the Tilburg office of Arslan Advocaten?
Our Tilburg office is at Kraaivenstraat 38-10, 5048 AB Tilburg. You can reach the office on 013 747 0022, or at [email protected]. The firm's head office is in The Hague; there are also offices in Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Utrecht and Eindhoven.
The location is on the Kraaiven business park, on the north side of the city, between the Wilhelmina Canal and the northern arterial roads. In practical terms that means: parking is not a problem, and from Tilburg-Noord, Loon op Zand, Waalwijk and Dongen you reach us faster than an office in the centre.
| Detail | Tilburg |
|---|---|
| Visiting address | Kraaivenstraat 38-10, 5048 AB Tilburg |
| Telephone | 013 747 0022 |
| [email protected] | |
| General office number | 070 450 0300 |
| Languages | Dutch, Turkish, Polish and English |
A meeting elsewhere is also possible. In cases of serious injury, after a hospital admission or where travel is difficult, we come to your home or to the hospital. In personal injury work that is the rule rather than the exception: we do not ask someone who has just suffered a pelvic fracture to travel to an office to discuss a notice of liability.
Besides Dutch, we also speak Turkish, Polish and English. In a region with a large Turkish community and many Polish workers in logistics and manufacturing, that is not a side issue: a personal injury case turns on precise descriptions of symptoms and limitations, and that description loses its sharpness as soon as someone has to speak a language they do not fully command.
Which places in Central Brabant does the Tilburg office serve?
From Tilburg we serve the whole of Central Brabant: Goirle, Oisterwijk, Hilvarenbeek, Loon op Zand including Kaatsheuvel, Waalwijk, Dongen, Gilze en Rijen, Heusden, Alphen-Chaam and Baarle-Nassau — and in addition the adjoining parts of West and North-East Brabant. All these municipalities fall under the same court, which means your case follows the same route whether you live in the Reeshof or in Kaatsheuvel.
That regional catchment area is not arbitrary. Central Brabant hangs together in practical terms: people live in Goirle and work on the Vossenberg estate, live in Waalwijk and study in Tilburg, cycle daily along the same provincial roads. An accident that happens in Oisterwijk as a rule has consequences that are dealt with in Tilburg — at the hospital, at the employer, at the court.
| Area | What we see there in practice |
|---|---|
| Tilburg city, Reeshof, Noord, Berkel-Enschot | road and cycling accidents, accidents on business parks |
| Waalwijk and Heusden | logistics and distribution, workplace accidents, heavy goods traffic on the N261 |
| Loon op Zand and Kaatsheuvel | leisure and hospitality, traffic on the through routes |
| Goirle, Hilvarenbeek, Oisterwijk | rural roads, cycling accidents, accidents involving animals |
| Dongen, Gilze en Rijen | manufacturing and transport |
Do you work in the region but live elsewhere — for example as an agency worker temporarily housed in Central Brabant? You can still come to us. For a workplace accident, what matters is where the accident happened and who the employer or hirer is, not where you are registered.
Which accidents are most common in Tilburg and the surrounding area?
In Central Brabant we see the centre of gravity in road and cycling accidents and in workplace accidents in logistics and manufacturing — two sectors that are strongly represented in this region. What further characterises the region is the combination of heavy cycling traffic and heavy goods traffic on the same routes.
Road accidents. Tilburg sits at a junction of through roads: the A58 along the south side, the A65 towards 's-Hertogenbosch, and the A261 and N261 towards Waalwijk. Tilburg is also a cycling city with a large student population — Tilburg University, Fontys and the ROC put thousands of cyclists on the road every day. The combination of cycling and motorised traffic on urban distributor roads is the most common source of cases in personal injury practice.
Workplace accidents. Central Brabant is a pronounced logistics and industrial region. Business parks such as Vossenberg, Loven and Kraaiven, and the concentration of distribution around Waalwijk, bring typical risks with them: forklifts, loading and unloading movements, working at height, machine work, and the heightened vulnerability of agency workers who are newly employed and only briefly trained.
Medical errors. The Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital is the region's main hospital, with locations in Tilburg and Waalwijk. If something goes wrong during treatment, the route differs from that of a road accident: an expert opinion is needed on whether the care provider acted as a reasonably competent and reasonably acting professional would have done in the same circumstances.
Accidents involving animals and defective objects. In the rural part of Central Brabant — Hilvarenbeek, Alphen-Chaam, the outlying areas of Oisterwijk — dog bites, accidents involving horses and accidents on farmyards occur relatively often. These involve strict liability: the keeper is in principle liable without any fault on their part.
We deliberately quote no accident statistics per municipality here. Figures circulating online about accidents in a specific city are often out of date or use a different definition of "accident" than the one that matters in a personal injury case. What does count is your own file.
I was hit while cycling in Tilburg — what am I entitled to?
Cyclists and pedestrians enjoy special protection in traffic against motor vehicles: the owner or keeper of the motor vehicle bears strict liability in principle, even where the cyclist also made a mistake. For many victims that is the most surprising part of their case — the idea that "I wasn't paying attention either" makes the claim impossible is simply wrong.
Article 185 of the Road Traffic Act 1994 (WVW 1994) imposes strict liability on the owner or keeper of a motor vehicle for damage to persons or property not carried by that vehicle, "unless it is plausible that the accident was due to force majeure". The 50% and 100% rules of thumb you will often see mentioned do not appear in the statute itself; they were developed in the case law of the Supreme Court.
What this means in practice:
- The driver must make it plausible that there was force majeure — a demanding standard that in practice rarely succeeds.
- Contributory negligence on the part of the cyclist as a rule does not lead to a complete rejection, but to an apportionment. That apportionment is negotiable and legally complex; it is one of the points an insurer routinely presses on.
- For children under fourteen, a more far-reaching protection applies.
What to do immediately after a cycling accident:
- Get yourself examined medically, even if the symptoms seem mild — a record made on day one is worth its weight in gold later.
- Make sure the police attend or complete an accident statement form; note the registration number and insurance details.
- Note down the names and contact details of witnesses. On a busy Tilburg route there are almost always some, but after a day they are untraceable.
- Photograph the scene, your injuries and the vehicles involved.
- Keep your bicycle and your helmet. That is evidence, not rubbish. The deformation of a frame says something about the speed of the impact.
If the other party drives on or is uninsured, the case is not thereby lost: there are arrangements for damage caused by an unidentified or uninsured motor vehicle. Report that as soon as possible, because separate deadlines apply there.
I was injured at work in Central Brabant — who is liable?
In a workplace accident the employee's position is strong in law: the employer is liable in principle, unless he proves that he complied with his duty of care or that the damage was substantially caused by the employee's intent or deliberate recklessness. The burden of proof therefore lies with the employer, not with you.
This is set out in Article 7:658(2) BW: the employer is liable "unless he proves that he complied with the obligations referred to in paragraph 1, or that the damage was substantially the result of intent or deliberate recklessness on the part of the employee". That reversal is the core of workplace accident law and explains why these cases succeed more often than people expect.
Also without an employment contract. Article 7:658(4) BW extends that protection to anyone "who, in the course of his profession or business, has work performed by a person with whom he has no employment contract". That covers agency workers and hired-in self-employed contractors in principle. Whether a self-employed contractor can rely on it in a specific case depends on the circumstances. For Central Brabant, with its large flexible workforce in logistics and distribution, this is a provision that is often decisive.
Reporting is mandatory — and the report is your most important piece of evidence. The duty to report is set out in Article 9(1) of the Working Conditions Act (Arbeidsomstandighedenwet): the employer must report workplace accidents resulting in death, permanent injury or hospital admission immediately to the supervisory authority — in practice the Netherlands Labour Authority. In addition, under paragraph 2 he keeps a list of reported accidents and of accidents leading to more than three working days' absence.
If your employer does not report it, report it yourself. The inspection report is often the most important piece of evidence in the file later on, because it independently records what the workplace looked like at the moment of the accident. Six months later that situation can no longer be reconstructed.
Where cases of this type get stuck:
| The employer's defence | What stands against it |
|---|---|
| "He made a mistake himself" | ordinary inattention is not deliberate recklessness; the bar is high |
| "Instructions had been given" | instructions alone are not enough; compliance must also have been supervised |
| "He was experienced" | experience does not reduce the duty of care, and with routine tasks sometimes even works against the employer |
| "Protective equipment was available" | availability is not the same as provided, suitable and checked |
What can I claim after an accident?
Your loss consists of two parts: material loss — your demonstrable financial disadvantage — and non-material damages, the compensation for suffering that carries no price tag. Together they make up your total loss. This distinction is explained sloppily almost everywhere, with the result that people think "compensation for pain and suffering" is another word for "compensation". It is not: non-material damages are usually the smallest component of a personal injury claim.
What falls under material loss is broader than people think:
| Head of loss | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Loss of earning capacity | income missed now and in the future, including missed promotions and pension accrual |
| Medical costs | policy excess, treatments, medication, aids |
| Domestic help | what you can no longer do yourself |
| Care and nursing | including where relatives take this on |
| Adaptations | home, car, workplace |
| Travel costs | to practitioners, expert examinations and the hospital |
| Study delay | for pupils and students — in a student city like Tilburg a real and often forgotten head of loss |
| Loss of DIY capacity | odd jobs, garden and maintenance you can no longer do yourself |
| Out-of-court costs | the costs of your lawyer and medical adviser |
Non-material damages compensate the suffering itself — pain, grief, fear and loss of enjoyment of life. In legal language this is called immaterial loss. The basis is set out in Article 6:106 BW: for loss that does not consist of financial loss, the injured party is entitled to compensation to be assessed on an equitable basis, including where the injured party has suffered physical injury, has been harmed in his honour or reputation or has otherwise been affected in his person.
Precisely because the harm is not measurable, non-material damages are assessed on an equitable basis: there is no formula and no tariff per type of injury. The level depends on all the circumstances — the nature and severity of the injury, the duration of recovery, permanent limitations, your age, the consequences for work, family, hobbies and social life — and is calibrated against what has previously been awarded in comparable cases.
The practical importance of this distinction: an insurer offering "a decent sum for the suffering" is thereby offering nothing for your loss of income. Anyone negotiating only over the non-material figure as a rule leaves the greater part of their loss on the table.
We deliberately quote no amounts per type of injury on this page. Figures circulating online are often out of date, taken out of context or drawn from another country — and are almost always either too high, leading to disappointment, or too low, causing people to accept a poor offer. A realistic estimate can only be given once the injury has medically crystallised.
Read on: non-material damages in personal injury cases.
How long do I have to bring my case?
For loss caused by injury or death a single period applies: five years, counted from the day after the day on which you became aware both of the loss and of the person liable for it. The absolute twenty-year limit that applies to other claims for damages expressly does not apply to injury and fatal-accident claims. This follows from Article 3:310(5) BW, which departs from the main rule of paragraph 1 on this point.
The period therefore does not automatically start on the day of the accident. Where injury only becomes apparent later — or where the liable party only becomes known later — the period may start later.
| Situation | Where the period in principle starts |
|---|---|
| Road accident with a known other party | at the accident |
| Injury that only comes to light later | on becoming aware of the loss and the liable party |
| Minor victim | Article 3:310(5) BW: if the victim was a minor on the day the loss and the liable party became known, the five-year period only starts on the day after reaching the age of majority |
| Injury caused by a criminal offence | Article 3:310(4) BW: where the event is a criminal offence to which Dutch criminal law applies, the claim against the offender does not become time-barred as long as the right to prosecute has not lapsed through limitation or the offender's death |
| Direct claim against the motor insurer | Article 6 of the Motor Insurance Liability Act (WAM) gives the injured party a direct right against the insurer; Article 10(1) WAM makes that claim time-barred after three years from the event causing the loss — so much shorter, and without any awareness requirement |
Interrupting the limitation period is simple and sensible. A written communication in which you unequivocally reserve your right to performance in principle starts a fresh period. If you are unsure whether your claim is still in time, have that assessed before you do anything else — a time-barred claim cannot be rescued, however strong the case is on the merits.
That short three-year WAM period is in practice the biggest pitfall. Anyone dealing directly with the other party's insurer over a period of years must make sure that period does not quietly expire in the meantime.
How does a personal injury case proceed, step by step?
In principle you report the accident, hold the liable party liable in writing, your injury is assessed medically, and a negotiation process with the insurer follows that in most cases ends in a settlement. Only a small proportion of cases ultimately reach a judge.
- Reporting and recording. Police in the case of a road accident or offence; the employer and, where necessary, the Netherlands Labour Authority in the case of a workplace accident. Record the scene with photographs and note down the names of witnesses.
- Notice of liability. A written letter holding the other party liable, describing how the accident happened and interrupting the limitation period.
- Response and admission. The insurer admits liability, rejects the claim or asks for further investigation. In personal injury practice there are agreed standards on the deadlines within which a response must be given.
- Medical stage. Your medical adviser assesses your situation. Where views differ, an independent medical expert examination follows, preferably with a jointly chosen expert and jointly agreed questions. Those questions steer the outcome; do not sign off on them without having had influence over them.
- Advance payment. Where liability is admitted an advance is customary, so that you do not have to wait years for the final settlement.
- Quantification and negotiation. Your heads of loss are substantiated, the non-material damages are argued on the basis of comparable cases, and negotiations follow.
- Preliminary-issue procedure. If matters stall on one defined point, the District Court of Zeeland-West-Brabant can rule on it without the whole case being litigated.
- Full proceedings. If the dispute remains unresolvable, ordinary proceedings before the court remain.
- Settlement agreement. The settlement is recorded, as a rule with a full and final discharge. Read it carefully: after that the case is in principle closed.
How long it takes depends almost entirely on your medical situation. Loss is as a rule only finally quantified once the medical end situation has been reached: the point at which no further improvement or deterioration is expected. With a simple fracture that heals cleanly, that can be within a year. With brain injury, whiplash complaints or psychological injury it takes considerably longer. Settling too early means that any later development no longer counts.
Where there is doubt about the future course, a reservation can be included so that a specifically named deterioration can still be claimed later. That reservation must be precisely worded; a vague clause offers little protection in practice.
Where a violent offence is involved, a second track often runs in parallel: joining the criminal proceedings as an injured party. That is free of charge and can lead to a compensation order under which the state advances the amount if the offender does not pay. There is also the Violent Offences Compensation Fund (Schadefonds Geweldsmisdrijven), which also pays out where the offender is unknown or without means. The application period is set out in Article 7 of the Violent Offences Compensation Fund Act: ten years from the day on which the offence was committed.
Why is the insurer's first offer rarely the final offer?
An insurer serves the interests of its insured and of its own claims burden, and in practice a first offer is an opening bid — not a calculation of what you are entitled to. That is not a reproach: it is the role an insurer has in this system. It only becomes a problem when a victim believes the claims handler is on their side.
| What happens | What lies behind it |
|---|---|
| A quick offer shortly after the accident | your injury has not yet crystallised; buying it off early is cheaper for the insurer |
| An offer "covering everything" | the non-material damages are merged with material loss, so you can no longer see what is for what |
| Reference to one low comparable case | cases with higher awards go unmentioned, and no index-linking is applied |
| Emphasis on contributory negligence | part of the loss is deducted; that apportionment is negotiable |
| Personal investigation or a medical request | building pressure and looking for an alternative explanation for your symptoms |
| Request for full and final discharge | closing the case definitively before the course of your recovery is known |
What you can do about this is less complicated than it looks: sign nothing while your medical situation is still changing, have every offer itemised per head of loss, and deal with the non-material damages separately using your own comparable cases. An offer that is not itemised cannot be assessed — and therefore cannot be accepted. Nor do you simply have to agree to a request for your complete medical records: the scope of what is disclosed is negotiable and as a rule runs through a medical adviser.
When do you really need a lawyer?
Not every case calls for a lawyer, but there are situations in which the difference between having expert assistance and not having it runs into tens of thousands of euros. These are the signals.
| Signal | Why it counts |
|---|---|
| Liability is disputed or rejected | without admission you never get to the question of loss |
| Contributory negligence is raised against you | the apportionment is negotiable and legally complex |
| Your symptoms are not objectively demonstrable | whiplash, brain injury and psychological injury require a specific build-up |
| There is permanent injury or permanent loss of work | the loss runs over decades and must be substantiated arithmetically |
| A medical expert examination is proposed | the questions and the choice of expert steer the outcome |
| You are put under time pressure | haste as a rule serves the insurer's interest |
| A child is involved | the consequences only become visible years later |
| Someone has died | bereavement damages, shock damages and fatal-accident loss run together |
| You are being followed or investigated | personal investigation is subject to strict limits |
| The offer is not itemised | what is not broken down cannot be assessed |
With whiplash that last point is especially relevant. This is the type of injury insurers push back on hardest, because there is usually no visible abnormality on scans. It is accepted in case law that establishing such complaints does not in every case require an objectively demonstrable medical abnormality; the starting point comes from Supreme Court 8 June 2001, ECLI:NL:HR:2001:AB2054 (Zwolsche Algemeene/De Greef): no unduly high demands may be placed on the evidence for such complaints, provided they are real and not imagined, feigned or exaggerated.
What mistakes do victims make most often?
Most of the damage in a personal injury file is not done by the other side, but by decisions the victim takes in the first few months. These are the mistakes we see most often — and which can rarely be put right afterwards.
- Agreeing too quickly. Accepting an offer before the medical end situation has been reached means any later deterioration is at your own expense.
- Signing a full and final discharge without a reservation. That closes the case definitively in principle, including for loss you did not yet know about.
- Playing down symptoms at the GP. "I'm managing" ends up in the file and is used against you years later.
- Waiting to report. The later symptoms are first recorded, the harder they are to attribute to the accident.
- Giving unlimited medical authorisation. A broad mandate gives the insurer access to your entire medical history.
- Focusing only on the non-material damages. Loss of earning capacity and domestic help are usually larger.
- Not keeping track of your losses. Travel costs, personal contributions, help from family and hours missed: what is not recorded is as a rule not reimbursed.
- Underestimating social media. Photographs of a holiday or a party are used in files as counter-evidence against claimed limitations.
- Negotiating with a professional yourself. The claims handler across the table does this daily; you do it once in your life.
- Losing sight of the limitation period. A strong case brought too late is no longer a case.
Against that stands what you can do: report symptoms early and in full to your GP, keep a loss file with every receipt and travel cost, note how many hours of help you receive from family, and sign nothing while your medical situation is still changing.
One tool deserves a separate mention: the diary. We almost always ask clients for a written description of the day before the accident and an average day now. In negotiations that document is often more persuasive than the medical report, because the medical report only names limitations and not what those limitations cost.
Have your case assessed free of charge in Tilburg
Arslan Advocaten handles personal injury cases from offices in The Hague, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Tilburg and Eindhoven. From Kraaivenstraat 38-10, 5048 AB Tilburg we serve the whole of Central Brabant. We assess your situation free of charge, work with our own medical adviser and forensic accountants, and act for victims of road accidents, workplace accidents, medical errors and violent crime. Besides Dutch, we speak Turkish, Polish and English.
Call 013 747 0022, the general number 070 450 0300, or send us your question via the contact form. We will tell you where you stand and what the next step is. If someone else is liable, the reasonable costs of legal assistance are in principle borne by that party.
This page provides general information and is not legal advice on your own case. No rights can be derived from the principles set out here.
For a general explanation that applies everywhere in the Netherlands, see our page on personal injury claims under Dutch law.
Sources and accountability
The statutory rules referred to on this page can be consulted at the official source:
- Article 3:310 BW — limitation: Dutch Civil Code, Book 3
- Article 6:96 BW — out-of-court costs: Dutch Civil Code, Book 6
- Article 6:106 BW — non-material damages: Dutch Civil Code, Book 6
- Article 7:658 BW — the employer's duty of care: Dutch Civil Code, Book 7
- Article 185 WVW — protection of non-motorised road users: Road Traffic Act 1994
Judgments can be found via Rechtspraak.nl. Statutory texts checked on 9 September 2026; the limitation periods, costs and competent court in your own case are assessed by the lawyer handling it.