Practice area

Industrial risks

Damage to property, business liability, construction law: the group advises and assists in complex technical matters and judicial expert proceedings.


Overview

In complex technical matters, the Asterias Avocats group provides advice and assistance in judicial expert proceedings or disputes relating to property damage, business liability and construction law.

The group supports its clients at every stage of the proceedings, from the appointment of the expert to the resolution of the dispute, safeguarding their technical and financial interests.

The legal framework

Industrial-risk matters draw on liability law (contractual and tortious), insurance law and, in construction, the statutory warranties (ten-year, two-year, completion). The judicial expert procedure, governed by the Code of Civil Procedure, plays a central role: the expert's findings and report often determine the outcome of the dispute. The lawyer's presence at the expert operations is decisive.

The situations we handle

  • Technical judicial expert proceedings and follow-up of operations
  • Property damage and business interruption
  • Business liability
  • Construction law and statutory warranties

How we work

The group puts its technical culture at the service of expert matters. It assists its clients from the expert stage — filing submissions, challenging or consolidating findings — and then in the judicial phase, to defend their technical and financial interests through to the resolution of the dispute.

These matters often connect with insurance law. Tell the group about your situation.


FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Why be assisted by a lawyer during judicial expert proceedings?
Because the expert's report often determines the outcome of the dispute. The lawyer ensures due process, files submissions, challenges or consolidates findings and preserves the available recourse. Getting involved from the appointment of the expert is a decisive factor.
Which warranties apply in construction law?
Depending on the defects, several statutory warranties may apply: completion (one year), proper functioning (two years) and the ten-year warranty. Their enforcement requires characterising the defects and meeting precise deadlines, often in connection with insurance.
Do you act for the business as well as the insurer?
Yes, the group assists businesses and insurers in technical and expert matters, within the rules on preventing conflicts of interest, from advice through to contentious defence.
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A matter involving industrial risks?