
Criminal law
WHAT
The driven team of lawyers around associates Walter Van Steenbrugge, Christine Mussche, and Johan Heymans assists both defendants and victims with in-depth legal knowledge, a thoughtful (trial) strategy and an open mind. This involves notions of neurology, psychiatry, psychology and sociology, among others (for more information, click here) and regularly calls on traffic experts, toxicologists, specialised doctors and accountants, among others. The criminal cell also handles certain cases (particularly in corporate criminal law) closely associated with VSA's corporate cell.
That way, VSA knows how to turn over every stone in a case.
When
In which
VSA's criminal cell is particularly specialised in the following matters, among others:
- General criminal law
- Sexual criminal law
- Traffic law
- Corporate criminal law
- Execution of criminal sentences
- Detention
- Claims
- Due diligence
Get timely assistance

Where
No one is completely
good, nobody is
completely bad.
FREE LEGAL ADVICE
If you or one of the people you live with has family (civil liability) insurance that provides legal aid, you may be entitled to a free lawyer of your choice. This is usually the case when you are the victim of a crime.
If you are prosecuted for a traffic violation, your car insurance may cover the cost of your criminal defence. In case of disciplinary proceedings, you may in certain cases rely on your professional liability insurance for your disciplinary defence. If you are prosecuted in your capacity as a director of a company, you may benefit from legal assistance under your directors' liability insurance.
In other cases too, you may be able to appeal for free legal assistance. We can check whether your insurance and the applicable policy conditions provide this for your case.