£41,454 awarded in Club La Costa cases, plus 2 Anfi and 3 Diamond Resorts wins

This week, we achieved a significant result in a timeshare claim against Club La Costa UK Surcusal. Although we lost at first instance, we went on to win the appeal in the High Court. The timeshare contract had been signed with one of the companies that CLC holds in the Isle of Man. The court found that the group operated fraudulently, and that the companies were created to scam clients. As the branch in Spain is the operational centre of CLC, the court decided it must be recognised as liable to respond on behalf of the other companies. The outcome: £34,264 awarded to the client.

We also secured another win against CLC, where the contract was found to lack specific accommodation details. In that case, the claimants were awarded £7,190.

Two successful judgments against Anfi resulted in total awards of £38,609. In one of the cases, £21,567 was awarded after the judge accepted that the contract had previously been cancelled by the resort for non-payment (our clients had been told to stop paying the maintenance fees). However, the clause allowing the resort to cancel the contract unilaterally in these circumstances was found to be unreasonable under the limits of the law. The judge therefore ordered the proportional amount paid for the contract to be returned to the owners.

We also obtained three victories against Diamond Resorts, with a total of £31,925 awarded, alongside a contract cancellation with MacDonald Resorts. In addition to these substantive outcomes, we received five favourable jurisdiction judgments against Diamond Resorts and two more against CLC.