Another record week for M1 Legal timeshare claims, beating March’s £295,000 with £310,480

As Spanish timeshare victims continue to secure substantial court awards, M1 Legal is setting new records for compensation won.

Spanish judges back consumer rights in timeshare cases

At Tenerife’s Arona Court (Court No. 3), judges rotate regularly. Recently, newer rulings have placed stronger emphasis on consumer protections — welcome news for timeshare owners bringing claims in Spain.

In one example, a judge ruled that "CLC World (CLC) acted in bad faith by alleging that the vendor agency was on behalf of another company".

This points to a familiar defence used by some timeshare groups: attempting to shift responsibility between related companies. In this case, however, the court did not accept the argument.

Another judge held that where a company has a presence in Spain — even an office — it can be sued if it breaks the law.

Further decisions also favoured consumers, including findings relating to contracts and how they are often written and used in an abusive way.

Overall, M1 Legal’s Fernando Sansegundo said: "Things are going our way."

M1 Legal breaks its own weekly compensation record

Sansegundo also noted that the team is "regularly breaking records in terms of how much money we win in court for our clients."

The previous record for weekly awards (£295,000) was set in March 2022.

That figure has now been surpassed, with a new weekly total of £310,480 — a record Sansegundo expects will be broken again.

This record week’s awards were shared by 14 claimants, averaging £22,177 each. As well as the court compensation, they no longer have to pay ongoing timeshare membership costs, saving further money.

May delivers another record month for Spanish timeshare court awards

Sansegundo says that half a million Euros in compensation awards used to be considered an exceptional month. "Nowadays," he added, "that figure is regularly achieved. In May this year (at time of going to press, with two working days left in the month) we have already reached £703,470."

This total was shared by over 30 claimants, with 20 successful cases against CLC and a further nine against Anfi.

There were also standout individual awards, including the largest win of the month — against CLC.

An "eye-watering £69,437" was awarded to the client. And although CLC attempted to appeal, M1 had the case overturned at the Court of Appeal.

As Sansegundo explains, "when timeshare resorts appeal like this, it is only ever a delay. Our success rate is 98.6% and that 1.4% we did lose was in the early days, when the process was not as established as it is today."

Another major result involved a former Silverpoint owner who was awarded £50,393. In that case, missing or inadequate information in the contract led the judge to rule in favour of the claimant.

This often relates to products such as floating weeks or points-based memberships. While both have been illegal for more than two decades, some companies continued to use them to profit from consumers. The fact that courts are now penalising these practices reflects a clear shift towards stronger enforcement of consumer rights.

Finally, Sansegundo highlighted the £43,609 awarded against Paradise Resorts.

"It is a significant amount of money for the claimant of course. But also, it establishes culpability for yet another CLC entity," he said. "CLC has a complex corporate structure which they try to use to avoid their financial responsibilities. Luckily for their victims, judges are just not accepting that a company as wealthy as CLC is unable to meet legally awarded compensation payments to former owners."

For more advice on making a timeshare claim — or to find out about working with M1 Legal — get in touch with Timeshare Advice Centre for a no-obligation assessment.