Loss of Housekeeping Capacity

In 2009 ECTIL, in cooperation with the Swiss Insurance Association and with support by the Institute for European Tort Law, embarked on a study dealing with the so-called “Haushaltsschaden” – Loss of Housekeeping Capacity.

The project aim is to compare national approaches to the award of damages under the head of “Haushaltsschaden” or loss of housekeeping capacity, and to compare the levels of damages so awarded. The research will therefore investigate both the concepts employed in different national systems and, through a set of practical case studies, the amounts of compensation actually paid in individual cases.

The results of the research will be published as a book, including ten country reports (Austria, England and Wales, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain and Switzerland) based on a questionnaire (Part I: General Part and Doctrine, Part II: Concrete Assessment Examples) and a concluding Comparative Report.