We are pleased to inform you of the latest Spanish court victories over the last two weeks. M1 Legal secured TWELVE positive awards with a total value of £166,641. Our highest award from these latest results was confirmed against Marriott Vacation Club valued at £70,743.
Please see below a breakdown of the substantive results:
We also received confirmation of a positive judgment against Sunset Beach Marketing and RCI.
We also received confirmation of a further positive appeal against Anfi, and two against CLC Continental Resorts.
In all but one of the above cases (CLC Continental Resorts) we were awarded court costs.
Six cases valued at £89,046
Our jurisdiction positive results were:
In two of the Diamond cases, the defendant appealed against the initial decision to proceed with the claim in Spain which was declined by the judge, the next step for these cases will be the preliminary hearing.
In the case against CLC Paradise Trading & RMF Andalusian Management, the Mercantile Court suspended the claim until the jurisdiction issue raised by the defendants is heard in the European court. Subsequently, M1 Legal appealed this decision which has now been overturned. The court ordered the claim to proceed in the Mercantile court in Spain.
In one of the cases, Diamond Resorts appealed against the decree that ordered the embargo on their assets and accounts. This was dismissed by the judge.
Finally, in two of the Diamond cases, the judge declined the jurisdiction issue raised by the defendant which declares the Spanish Courts competent to process the claims.
All cases mentioned above 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.”