Essex couple win £52,236 Spanish timeshare compensation claim against CLC World with M1 Legal

A British couple are celebrating after winning a court case that led to their timeshare company being ordered to pay just over £52,500 in compensation, with support from M1 Legal.

July brought a wave of timeshare court wins

July was a standout month for timeshare owners pursuing redress, with a number of significant victories secured against timeshare companies.

Malaga-based M1 Legal, which specialises in helping timeshare victims challenge unlawful contracts in Spain, said it achieved 31 positive outcomes from cases heard in July 2022.

Over £440,000 awarded in compensation

In total, claimants were awarded more than £440,000. Many had been sold timeshares over the past few decades under contracts that are now considered illegal under Spanish timeshare rules.

Major payouts, including an Essex couple

Andrew and Connie (not their real names) received the largest award. The couple, from Witham in Essex, will no longer have to pay timeshare maintenance fees and were awarded £52,236 in their case against CLC World.

Sean and Ann (names changed), from Leicester, were also pleased to receive a substantial £43,609 award.

Why resorts are paying compensation

So why are timeshare resorts being forced to pay out? Because, for around two decades, many ignored consumer timeshare laws in Spain and continued issuing contracts that fell foul of the rules.

Had they complied, they would have lost out on large profits — so they chose to press on regardless.

Fortunately, affected owners may be entitled to compensation, and many are now seeing successful court results.

Timeshare owners are fighting back

Many resorts appear to have assumed customers wouldn’t have the legal knowledge — or the patience — to challenge them.

They were wrong.

With M1 Legal supporting timeshare owners since 2016, companies are increasingly being ordered to pay compensation.

M1 Legal says its success rate currently stands at 98.6% for compensation cases pursued for its timeshare clients.

Resorts named in July’s results

Fernando Sansegundo, head of M1 Legal, said the month was “fairly typical in that the biggest M1 successes were against CLC World, Diamond Resorts Europe, and Anfi Resorts.”

According to Sansegundo, “these three resorts, while by no means the only culprits, have been prolific in the amount of illegal business they have written since 1999.

He added: “since the beginning of July, M1 Legal has won over £287,000 in compensation awards against CLC World. We have also won more than £69,200 against Anfi Resorts, and £44,644 against Diamond Resorts Europe. DRE have not even been trading in Europe for several years. They were bought out by Hilton a couple of years ago, and they are still paying the price for their previous contempt for both their customers and the law.”

Sansegundo said he was pleased for the Essex couple: “Andrew and Connie have been rewarded for their courage in challenging their resort’s behaviour. M1 Legal have not only achieved their £52,236 compensation award but will almost certainly secure the couple simple interest and legal fees too.”

Spanish courts “have run out of patience”

More cases are being decided against timeshare companies in the Spanish courts, which, as Sansegundo says, “have run out of patience.” He explains that “Europe’s biggest resorts are being forced to pay compensation on an unprecedented scale. The financial drain is forcing most of them to close down.”

Who may be able to claim?

Anyone who bought a timeshare after 1999 may find they have grounds to pursue compensation, depending on the contract and circumstances.

Speak with us today at the Timeshare Advice Centre for a free, no-obligation consultation and discover your timeshare owner options.