Fourteen Spanish timeshare court victories in January: £177,272 awarded, incl. £24,633 vs Silverpoint

We are pleased to share our latest Spanish court victories for January. M1 Legal secured FOURTEEN positive awards totalling £177,272. The highest award in this set of results was a case against Silverpoint, with compensation of £24,633.

Below is a breakdown of the substantive results from the First Court of Instance:

• Marriott - In Marbella, the judge declared the contract null due to missing information on contract duration. Amount awarded - £11,663
• Marriott - In this case, the court declared nullity due to an undetermined purpose and duration, along with missing registration data. Amount awarded - £11,511
• Marriott - The judge rejected MVCI Management’s argument that it lacked legal standing to be sued, and declared the contract null and void due to missing contract duration and property information. Amount awarded - £11,415
• Marriott - The judge declared the contract null due to missing contract duration and property information, a lack of minimum legal content, and the use of the term “property”. Amount awarded - £12,400
• Marriott - The judge rejected MVCI Management’s lack of legal standing argument, dismissed the delivery of general terms and conditions as irrelevant, and declared nullity due to missing property and contract duration information. Amount awarded - £14,454
• Diamond Resorts - The case history showed payment made within the cooling-off period, and the contract did not meet minimum requirements for contract duration and property information. The judge therefore declared nullity in our favour. Amount awarded - £19,814
• Silverpoint - In Arona, Tenerife, the judge declared the contracts null due to missing property and/or contract duration information (Laws 42 / 1998 |04 / 2012). Amount awarded - £24,633
• Heritage Resorts - In Marbella, the judge dismissed Playa Real Management’s delivery of the general terms and conditions as irrelevant and confirmed nullity. Amount awarded - £11,726

Appeals:

• Anfi - The Court of Appeal declared nullity due to missing contract duration information. Amount awarded - £17,041
• Diamond Resorts - The Court of Appeal confirmed the First Instance judgment. The grounds in this case were a failure to set out the minimum property requirements. Amount awarded - £16,090

We also received a positive appeal decision against Marriott.