Press Releases
Gran Canaria coach crash: lawyers highlight differences
between Spanish and UK laws about accident injury compensation
claims
News release: 25 September 2004
Responding to enquiries that they have received regarding last
Monday’s tragic coach crash in the Canary Islands, two members
of the Pan-European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL),
Spanish lawyer Alberto Perez Cedillo and Ayr solicitor Angus Logan,
have pointed out the implications of differences in the Spanish
and UK legal systems regarding accident and injury compensation
claims.
Under Spanish law, criminal and civil proceedings usually run
in tandem, whereas in the UK criminal proceedings take place first,
after completion of which civil proceedings may be considered.
Victims of the Canary Islands coach crash and their families
might be well advised to consider initiating accident and injury
compensation claims in Spain as soon as possible, and not at a
later date as might have been the case had the accident happened
in the UK.
Notes:
ANGUS LOGAN
Angus Logan is Scottish Secretary of the Pan-European Organisation
of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL). Angus is also the Director
of the Accident & Injury Claims Centre, a division of Ayr-based
solicitors Frazer Coogans. The Accident & Injury Claims Centre
was set up in 1998 by Frazer Coogans senior partner Norman Geddes.
FRAZER COOGANS SOLICITORS
Ayrshire solicitors Frazer Coogans have expanded rapidly from
small beginnings in the 1980s to offer a friendly and personal
service to all clients from their modern premises in Ayr town
centre. From their Ayr base, partners Norman Geddes, Austin Thomson,
Lauren Fowler and associate Angus Logan – all experienced
solicitors - along with their professional and dedicated staff
provide a comprehensive suite of legal services to Ayr, Ayrshire,
Scotland and the UK, with particular expertise in accident claims,
personal injury damages, property conveyancing, divorce and family
law, wills, estates and executries.
Frazer Coogans’ Ayr office operates a specialist Accident
Claims & Personal Injury Damages centre to assist clients
in making claims for personal injury damages after road traffic,
workplace, slip and trip accidents and also in criminal injuries
compensation. This Ayrshire firm of solicitors has also established
a significant presence in Scotland’s property conveyancing
market, advising clients on all aspects of buying, selling and
leasing premises both domestic and commercial, and handling property
conveyancing for diverse clients across Scotland.
UK divorce and family law is another area in which Frazer Coogans
solicitors possess particular expertise, advising on the legal,
financial and child related issues associated with divorce, providing
negotiation for amicable settlement and undertaking litigation
where needed. Frazer Coogans solicitors also offer a professional,
dedicated and sympathetic service for wills and estates in the
UK, including the administration of estates and appointing executors.
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Frazer Coogans Solicitors
Dalblair House
46 Dalblair Road
AYR, Ayrshire
Scotland
KA7 1UQ
Telephone: +44 (0)1292 280499
Fax: +44 (0)1292 611645
E-mail: law@frazercoogans.co.uk
Websites:
www.frazercoogans.co.uk
www.accidentclaims.com
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