Since publishing the article TESS Vs The Monster back in August, there have been some new developments and Inside Timeshare has received enquiries from concerned consumers about the latest posts on the TCA website concerning the law firm Athena Law.
On 24 October the TCA published that Athena Law was under investigation regarding “leaked personal contact details of members of the MRL Action Group”. The article does not state who is carrying out the investigation, which if it was official would this not have been made clear which authority is involved.
According to the TCA and they state they have proof, the leaked database of around 200 MRL Action Group members contains details such as:
Names, addresses, email addresses, home and mobile numbers, MacDonalds membership details such as ownership, week numbers and prices paid.
According to TCA they have received a “string of complaints” from MacDonalds owners who have signed up to the MRL Action Group, paying “hundreds of pounds” and receiving nothing but “empty promises of compensation”.
Now Athena Law is a registered law firm with all the lawyers being registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority. But the main person under attack is Stephen Boyd, who as we know restarted the TCA after the passing of Sandy Grey, along with David Cox of TESS. TESS themselves are also locked in battle with the TCA, this all started when the TCA came under the control of Mark Rowe, who is also the director behind a string of companies including Monster Travel Group.
The question is, why would a registered lawyer with a registered law firm put themselves in the position of being disbarred by leaking such information?
We know that Athena Law and TESS did work with the TCA before the change in ownership, that TESS has published articles about Monster, which were scathing to say the least, including a transcript of a Monster presentation. This transcript say TESS is taken from a recording made by a client at one of these presentations, they also stated it was transcribed by the Ministry of Justice.
TCA also states that TESS is under investigation for commercial malpractice, again no mention of which authority is conducting this. They also state that “One of their suppliers alleges it paid TESS over £1,000,000 last year and received a shoddy service:” Now one has to question that particular amount and what the “shoddy service” was, considering they say “SUPPLIERS”. Also they allege that many owners were promised an exit but are still receiving maintenance bills and threats of legal action for arrears. It must also be pointed out that TESS did take on clients who had signed up with Monster Leisure Credits in order to relinquish their timeshares, this in itself is not unusual as many companies will “farm out” these services to others.
Once again it is you the consumer who is going to suffer the consequences of all this, a once reputable association is losing all credibility as an independent voice. Who are you now going to believe?
Sandy Grey must surely be turning in his grave!
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Athena Law Solicitors under investigation for serious data breach
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