Club La Costa appeal snowball effect: Malaga court of appeal jurisdiction victories update

Club La Costa

The story so far…

Following our ‘Club La Costa Appeals Overruled’ blog post, published on 16th October, we have a further update.

After an initial court decision that the case did not fall under Spanish jurisdiction, our retained Spanish law firm M1 Legal appealed. The Málaga Court of Appeal reversed that decision. The defence argued the case should not be heard in Spain, claiming the contract fell under English law. However, the appeal judge ruled that the contractual party — Club La Costa (UK) Sucursal en España — is a Spanish entity and that the case should be heard in Spain.

Cases with the above contractual name are now being re-submitted to the Court of First Instance.

The appeal snowball effect

M1 Legal are pleased to confirm four further jurisdiction victories against Club La Costa in relation to the above-named contractual party.

This is a strong result for cases being re-submitted by M1 Legal, and we expect the number to rise as more matters are fast-tracked through the lower courts.