We are pleased to inform you of last weeks Spanish court victories in which our legal team secured 7 results, total awarded £132,885.
3 Of these cases were against CLC UK PLC Sucursal en España. In the first case, the Court of Appeal in Malaga ruled in our favour and denied all points of CLC's defense and they are condemned in costs. Our client is already being presented on CLC's creditors list. £14,973 awarded.
In the second two cases the nullity of the contracts was determined by the lack of information (property and when they could use it). £16,850 awarded in one cases and £26,086 awarded in the other.
This week there were 3 cases against Anfi. In the first the Court of Appeal in Gran Canaria has ruled in our favour and denied all points of Anfi's defense and they are condemned in costs. The nullity of the contract was determined by the lack of information regarding the property. £13,538 awarded.
In the second, the Court of Appeal in Gran Canaria has ruled in our favour and denied all points of Anfi's defense and they are condemned in costs. £27,572 awarded.
And in the final Anfi case, the nullity of the contract was determined by the lack of information (property and when they could use it). £9,284 awarded.
In our only case against Silverpoint this week the nullity of the contract was determined by the lack of information (property and when they could use it). £24,581 awarded.
The legal team secured 7 jurisdiction victories last week valued at a total of £159,034, all of them were against CLC. The defense challenged the cases being heard in Spanish jurisdiction. Four victorys were the initial jurisdiction hearing, three were victories on an appeal. All cases will now proceed to the next step.
During the Timeshare sales boom of the 80s & 90s, potential buyers were lured in by the promise of affordable exotic holidays, flexible exchange programmes and the impression that Timeshare would be a valuable "investment".
In an industry with little or no regulation, high pressure sales tactics were rife and contract smallprint was often glossed over and explained away by sharp salespeople.
Many Timeshare buyers were therefore unaware that they were actually making significant, long term financial commitments on behalf of themselves and their families.
To find out how you can escape the Timeshare Trap please complete the short Timeshare Release Wizard now.
For many Timeshare owners, annual maintenance fees were barely considered token amounts in the early "honeymoon period" of ownership.
However, year-on-year increases imposed by the resorts over time now mean that the maintenance fees have risen to become substantial sums.
Owners are also facing the prospect of ongoing yearly fee increases and realising that they (and their families) are often committed to long term contracts for generations to come.
Please try our Future Fees Calculator to estimate your liabilities over the term of your Timeshare contract, based on an annual increase of 7.5%.
If you're concerned about rising fees and how to escape the Timeshare Trap, please contact us today.
Recent comments from RCI Timeshare owners who have come to us for help with contract cancellation:
“We 'swapped ‘another place in Tenerife for this in order to move to the points system. Since then, getting exchanges to desirable resorts proves almost impossible, irrespective of in-season or off-season.”
“I purchased my timeshare in 1999 and have been a timeshare member ever since. More often than not, I have not be able to go where I wanted and have ended up giving a few weeks to Friends, etc to book somewhere they wanted in order not to lose the weeks. I have then stayed in a hotel!! I am desperately trying to get rid of the timeshare and am now paying Timeshare Shop in Manchester to get rid of it for me.”