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Recent Victories

Fourteen positive awards amounting to £177,272 including a case against Silverpont totalling £24,633

Fourteen positive awards amounting to £177,272 including a case against Silverpont totalling £24,633

We are pleased to inform you of the latest Spanish court victoriesfor January.M1 Legal secured FOURTEEN positive awards amounting to £177,272. The highest award from our latest figures revealed a case against Silverpoint totalling £24,633.

Please see below a breakdown of the substantive results: 1st Court of Instance:

  • Marriott - In Marbella, the judge declared the contract null due to lack of contract duration information. Amount awarded - £11,663.
  • Marriott - In this next case, nullity was declared due to undetermined purpose and duration along with absence of registration data. Amount awarded - £11,511.
  • Marriott - The judge dismissed MVCI management's lack of legal standing to bring proceedings therefore declared the contract null and void due to lack of contract duration and property information. Amount awarded - £11,415.
  • Marriott - In this case, the judge declared the contract null due to lack of contract duration and property information, lack of minimum legal content and the use of the term property. Amount awarded - £12,400.
  • Marriott - The judge dismissed MVCI Management's lack of legal standing to bring proceedings, dismissed the delivery of general terms and conditions as irrelivant, and declared nullity due to lack of property and contract duration information. Amount awarded - £14,454.
  • Diamond Resorts - The case history revealed payment within the cooling-off period, and the contract did not comply with miniumum contract duration and property information therefore nullity was declared in our favour. Amount awarded - £19,814.
  • Silverpoint - In Arona, Tenerife, the judge declared the contracts null due to lack of property and/or contract duration information. (Laws 42 / 1998 |04 / 2012). Amount awarded - £24,633.
  • Heritage Resorts - In Marbella, the judge dismissed Playa Real Management's delivery of the general terms and conditions as irrelevant and confirms nullity. Amount awarded - £11,726.

Appeals:

  • Anfi - The Court of Appeal declared nullity due to lack of contract duration information. Amount awarded - £17,041.
  • Diamond Resorts - The Court of Appeal has confirmed the judgment from the First Instance - The grounds in this case were failure to determine the minimum property requirements. Amount awarded - £16,090

We also received a positive appeal decision against Marriott.

About Timeshare Release

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.

The Timeshare Trap

The timeshare trap

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.

Timeshare Owner Reports

Timeshare owner reports

Recent comments from RCI Timeshare owners who have come to us for help with contract cancellation:

Mr Steve R, Middlesex - RCI/Hollywood Mirage

“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.”

Mrs Rachael B, Yorkshire - RCI Europe

“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.”

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