Inside Timeshare has received the following information from Canarian Legal Alliance, going by this news they are certainly having a very busy time.
By the end of last week, 9 November they had 31 pre-trials or full trial in the Spanish Courts, these were on mainland Spain and the Canary Islands. They also filed 44 new cases with the courts, so the judges are going to be busy for a long time yet.
They also last week received sentences in for the following:
- 4 against Anfi Del Mar at the Courts of First Instance
- 1 at the High Court, again against Anfi Del Mar
- 1 against Silverpoint in Tenerife
In total they recouped over 206,000€ for their clients plus all the contracts were declared null and void, leaving the clients timeshare free.
It is also becoming more common for the judges at the courts in Gran Canaria of not sending the the cases to a full trial, but issuing their sentences after the pre-trial. It was also announced that one judge in Tenerife has also followed suit and will not be sending the case for a full trial, but will issue his judgement in due course. This is obviously speeding up the process and is good news for the clients.
This week has also started on a good note with judgements issued on the following dates:
12 November
In the Court of First Instance in Maspalomas there were two against Anfi, again no trial but issued after the preliminary hearings, the first was issued 1 month after and the second was issued in just 7 days. The clients are to receive over 112,000€ and 31,000€ respectively.
In the High Court in Tenerife, Silverpoint were on the receiving end with the order to return over 15,000€ to the client and the contract being declared null and void.
On 13 November, again after a pre-trial the judge ordered the return of over 23,000€ and a German client will receive back over 103,000€, both Anfi contracts have also been declared null and void.
Anfi once again have been on the receiving end of 2 more judgements at the Courts of First Instance in Maspalomas, the infringements of the timeshare laws were perpetuity and floating weeks. The first client has been awarded 0ver 53,000€ plus legal interest. In the second this client has been awarded over 45,000€ which includes double the deposit paid, plus legal fees and interest.
Another timeshare company was also ordered to repay over 36,000€ plus legal interest for a perpetuity contract. This contract with Puerto Calma was also declared null and void.
So there are some very happy ex-timeshare owners, who will be celebrating this week.
Canarian Legal Alliance also announced this week they have broken another record, they have received their 300th sentence against various timeshare companies so far this year, with still just under two months left to go. This is double the number they achieved last year and equates to more than 1 a day. The total amount awarded in these sentences is a staggering 10.8 Million Euros.
This is just for timeshares sold in Spain that have infringed the now strict timeshare laws, for clients of timeshares purchased elsewhere in the world there is another branch to CLA, this company is called CLA International FZE and their head office is located at:
The Fairmont Dubai, Office 508, Sheik Zayed Road, Dubai, U.A.E.
+9714 311-6657
FAX:+971 4332 8810
With branches spread around the world and a network of International Lawyers who specialise in timeshare litigation, they are opening the doors to many more timeshare owners who are in need of specialist help. Obviously with the success of the Spanish lawyers it will not be long before we start to see this spread to success in other parts of the world.
News just in on another new setup from Centaurus Mediations and Silverpoint.
We have just heard from another reader that Centaurus Mediations (Silverpoint) have set up another new company, this is apparently called Luxury Links Travel and is apparently based in Las Chafiras, Tenerife. It would appear that their aim is to get owners over to Tenerife or Palma de Mallorca in order to get them out of their timeshare. According to our reader the staff actually believe they are just selling cheap holidays to owners as platinum weeks.
So far we have not located any website for them, but there is another company called Luxury Link Travel Group with the website http://www.luxurylink.com/ which is based in Florida and has been in existence since 1997. We just wonder if by choosing this name they are trying to confuse owners with a genuine company? More on this when new information comes to light.
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