Mr. Toon VANCOILLIE was born in Roeselare on 14 April 1962. He attended secondary school at the Klein Seminarie of Roeselare, where he achieved in 1980 the diploma Latin-Sciences. He was granted his Bachelor in Law at the KU Leuven, Department Kortrijk (KULAK), after which he became Master in Law in 1986 at the KU Leuven. He started in October 1986 at the Bench, and immediately started up his own firm in Kortemark. Mr. VANCOILLIE is a “generalist”, a lawyer who is an all-rounder in all branches of law and has developed over the many years of experience a knowledge enabling him to provide an answer in any field. This enables him to assist as well private persons, as companies and authorities. Over the years, he specialised however in divorce cases and settlement/distributions of matrimonial property and inheritances. Besides this, he has a lot of experience in traffic and responsibility law, rent and lease, construction law and urban planning. He is also appointed regularly as trustee. Finally, he manages the collection department of the firm, from the sending off the registered letter of default up to the execution via the bailiff.