Education

Paul MUYLAERT obtained his law degree from the Catholic University of Leuven in 1978.

Career

He was called to the Dutch Brussels Bar in 1978.

Paul MUYLAERT has always been interested in insurance and liability law and didn’t have to think twice about specializing in liability law in general with a strong emphasis on the healthcare sector (medical liability, personal injury assessment, medical accidents, workplace accidents, etc.), along with insurance law, construction law and road traffic law.

He has extensive experience in international insurance law and oversaw the trial that followed the fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel in 1999. Paul Muylaert is one of the founders of Insuralex, an international network of insurance law specialists of which the law firm is the Belgian member.

His well-established professional and human qualities and the fact that he makes a point of ensuring that major lawsuits end in settlements whenever possible have made Paul Muylaert the go-to lawyer for many insurance companies and hospitals across Belgium.

Driven by a real commitment to teaching, Paul Muylaert is a part-time lecturer at the Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc academic hospital; he lectures on all legal aspects as part of the institution’s Master’s degree in immuno-haematology and transfusion. In addition, he regularly gives lectures on medical liability issues. He has been a member of the editorial board of the Revue Belge du Dommage Corporel et de Médecine Légale, a legal journal focusing on personal injury and forensic medicine, for years.

He works in dutch, french and english.

Publication(s)

E. DE SAINT MOULIN, V. DELINCE, P. MUYLAERT, M-A. ORLANDO, E. VAN HELLEPUTTE, «Grille de lecture à l'usage du praticien en droit de la responsabilité médicale», Pli juridique, 2022, n° 60, pp. 15-27.

P. MUYLAERT, «Le Fonds des accidents médicaux : bilan et perspectives», Con. M., 2020, pp. 109-117.

P. MUYLAERT, «La suspension de l’examen de la procédure devant le Fonds des accidents médicaux», Con. M., 2019, pp. 25-26.

P. MUYLAERT, «La responsabilité de l’avocat dans le cadre de l’obligation de conseil», Con. M., 2016, pp. 246-252.

P. MUYLAERT, «L’expertise contradictoire organisée par le Fonds des accidents médicaux (article 17, § 2, de la loi du 31 mars 2010)», Con. M., 2016, pp. 58-65.

P. MUYLAERT, «La responsabilité des hôpitaux dans la mise en œuvre des mesures de contraintes physiques et de contention», Con. M., 2013, pp. 76-84.

P. MUYLAERT, «De aansprakelijkheid van de psychiater», Con. M., 2012, pp. 129-132.

P. MUYLAERT, «Les maladies nosocomiales : état de la jurisprudence et questions actuelles», Con. M., 2012, pp. 87-91.

P. MUYLAERT, «De rechten van de partijen : het recht van verdediging en de tegenspraak», Con. M., 2011, pp. 162-167.

P. MUYLAERT, «De nosocomiale ziekten : recente rechtspraak en actuele vragen», Con. M., 2011, pp. 103-107.

P. MUYLAERT,  «Wet betreffende de vergoeding van schade als gevolg van gezondheidszorg  (wet van 31.03.2010, B.S 2.4.2010)», Con. M., 2010, pp. 87-94.