Bergenser Law Firm is specialized in issues relating to tort law. Tort law includes more or less all aspects of life and the limits for liability call for insight in several areas of life, in relation to proof issues, matters on preservation of evidence, examination of witnesses and a basic insight in and understanding of how the legal system works.
Very often tort disputes involve issues relating to all the fundamental conditions for compensation: loss, liability, causation and foreseeability, and also other typical issues relating to tort , e.g. the claimant’s contribution to the loss, mitigation of damages, identification, acquiescence and statute-barring.
Furthermore insight in adjacent areas of the law is required, for instance disciplinary law in relation to professional liability, and criminal law in relation to for example issues on coverage under a management indemnity insurance policy.
Bergenser Law Firm advises on the most important matters relating to compensation in the business area, including casualty and product liability, liability for professionals, management liability and liability as a consequence of criminal behaviour.
Bergenser Law Firm’s counseling on matters on compensation is closely connected to our extensive competences regarding issues relating to insurance law, not least on the professional indemnity policies, which indemnify the professionals’ liability. Further to this our competences in conflict resolution and litigation is an inseperable part of our counseling.
In order to maintain our position as one of the leading law firms in the country within this area, we believe it is an important prerequisite to combine the academical and practical work.
As a consequence the knowledge of Bergenser Law Firm is at all times up to date due to the fact that we contribute to the legal litterature and offer teaching at universities and legal courses, additionally to our extensive practical experience.