Huishoudelijke hulp
Household help
Compensation for the cost of household tasks an injured person can no longer perform themselves, based on Article 6:107 BW.
Household help
Household help is a head of damage in personal-injury cases relating to the cost of household tasks a victim can no longer (fully) perform, temporarily or permanently, due to their injury. The legal basis is Article 6:107 BW — under which the liable party also compensates costs incurred by third parties to help the victim — and Article 6:96 BW, under which reasonable costs to limit or establish damage are recoverable.
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Practical consequences
Victims are wise to keep receipts and invoices and to maintain an overview of the hours relatives spend on household tasks. Insurers accept household-help claims more readily when the limitations are medically established. For long-term or permanent injury this head of damage can be capitalised into a single sum for the future.
“After the traffic accident the woman could no longer run the household due to her back injury, so the liable party had to compensate the cost of professional household help.”
Source: AI
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