£120,000 view. From Neil and Kim Bacon's penthouse balcony at Azure's Golden Sands resort £2,500 initial investment Bristol couple Neil and Kim Bacon are successful business owners who bought a Tenerife timeshare membership for £2,500 back in 1998. "It...
Seasons Holidays, already under fire for allegedly trying to force out members of Slayley Hall are facing further accusations from members at another of their resorts. Andrew and Wendy Wilkinson claim Seasons have tricked them into...
Financial scandal It became notorious as the largest financial scandal in UK history; but in the same way it can take a forest fire to clear ground for a new, green world, a decade of horror PPI mis-selling led to creation of long overdue regulation and framework of...
ECC campaign for maintenance fee refunds "unfairly charged" during the pandemic £8 billion worldwide In the year 2020 an estimated £8 billion is being charged in maintenance fees by timeshare companies around the world; over £2 billion of that in Europe...
Painful journey A shocking case was reported recently on several timeshare consumer sites, including Inside Timeshare and the Timeshare Consumer Association, causing heated debate over one man's painful journey in relinquishing his timeshare ownership. David...
European Consumer Claims CEO Andrew Cooper & our Associated firm of Spanish lawyers M1 Legal were both mentioned in the latest article by the Financial Times, FCA orders Millions to be paid back on Barclays timeshare loans. You can see the article here in The...
We are writing to you in a response to the email from Club La Costa World Chairman Roy Peires dated 14th October which reveals negative statements about ECC and M1 Legal. We would like to explain that Club La Costa World send generated emails to their members...
The coronavirus pandemic has thrown the world into chaos; millions of people have lost their jobs and financial markets have crashed. Towns, cities and countries have been locked down and various travel quarantines have...
WHAT is believed to be the biggest award in European timeshare history regarding a dispute over a Tenerife timeshare (La Pinta Beach Resort) is now one step away from getting the results for British couple Mr & Mrs Sewell-Rutter from Southampton. See their...
The climate of the working world is not in its finest state at present as we all continue to battle through the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. With that being said, European Consumer Claims continues to service the thousands of timeshare owners who have trusted...
Maintenance Fees As a timeshare owner you are obviously aware of your contractual liability to pay annual maintenance fees. It has always surprised us that most resorts send out the annual bill just before Christmas. We are sure that you would agree that no bill just...
Your Rights Tens of millions of pounds in timeshare compensation awards are currently being processed in the courts of Spain - the average claim being around £20-£25k. As a result of this and the huge influx of new claims being processed, Timeshare companies are...
Reality Check, 2020 has thrown the world into chaos, financial markets have crashed, millions have lost their jobs, cities and countries have been locked down and travel bans have been enforced. For most, the focus has been on staying safe and ensuring where possible...
Our victory against La Pinta took place in the Court of Appeal against Holidayway Marketing SL & Las Vistas Marketing SL. The AP Santa Cruz Court in Tenerife came to the decision that each company is responsible to reimburse the amount of its own contract, the...
It has come to our attention, that Anfi Sales SL are contacting all Anfi Members with regards to signing a new agreement with a Fiduciary Company called Continental Trustee Ltd. This is to guarantee a strict control of property inventory although there is no...
As you probably have seen over the past few months during the COVID-19 pandemic, video chat has exploded in subscribers, we even saw the Houses of Parliament conduct video meetings with Boris Johnson. The platform used – Zoom! Zoom reported that during March their...
Malaga based firm of lawyers M1 Legal working in conjunction with European Consumer Claims represented a British client against Resort Development Organisation member, Club la Costa World at the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal in Malaga (Appeal proceeding...
Are you planning to travel to your timeshare any time soon?Are you prepared to wear a mask for the entire time you are travelling through the airports and on the airplane? Are you prepared to sit in the airport for 4 hours a time?Are you prepared for limited or...
Having paid your maintenance fees for 2020 and given the inability to use your resort raises the question will you be paying 2021 fees? To our knowledge not one resort has offered maintenance fee refunds! Some have offered credit notes towards a future holiday, but...
Flight Cancellations – Continued Maintenance Fees exacerbated by lockdown! The Timeshare Consumer Association (TCA) are a timeshare owner’s body who stand up for consumers’ rights in timeshare. The lockdowns that are being enforced throughout the globe mean that most...
The timeshare industry has a polluted reputation throughout. Whether it’s the resorts misleading consumers into their timeshare agreements or someone else claiming they will legally get them out of their timeshare but won’t actually follow through. What might...
The facts In the first three short months of 2020 we have achieved a lot and we have numerous success stories to report on. We take this opportunity to review what the first quarter of this year has brought us. Cases can take some time to get through the...
By now, most of you are probably aware that as of Monday evening, the UK Prime Minister addressed the nation imposing a mandatory lockdown restricting outdoor activities and pleaded for the public to stay home. Very similar to the current situation in Spain, where...
Purchasing a timeshare is a lot easier than trying to dispose of one. European Consumer Claims have huge success when it comes to claiming against timeshare groups and resorts in Europe. The success rate for claims cases in Spain alone is at 96%. We do however also...
Annual maintenance fees can be hard to keep up with year after year. Many timeshare owners are under the illusion that you are able to stop paying your maintenance bills and in turn the problem will disappear. The decision to stop paying is risky business and will...
Our recent client from Cornwall, Mr. Townsend, has been awarded over €20,000 in a recent legal battle over an unwanted timeshare agreement. Back in 2000, Mr. Townsend bought a one-bedroom apartment for week 38 on a fixed week timeshare basis at Airtours Beach Club,...
Before Christmas, we gave one of our clients the greatest gift of all – a win. But the win also came with a huge payout of €16,000. This is one of the latest victories from our team. The UK couple, in their 70s, told us that a “big weight has been lifted” after we...
Consumer Alert! We have recently discovered that there are bogus companies out there again, targeting timeshare owners in their vulnerable time of need. These companies tend to cold call and use quick pop-up websites in an attempt to create credibility. The most...
Silverpoint SL has been declared by the Tenerife’s Commercial Court to be in “Concurso de Acreedores”. This was declared on the 15th January 2020 and it means that the company has fallen into liquidation. It has been expected for many months now that this would be the...
We are pleased to announce that we have recently acquired assets from ABC Legal. What does this mean? On the 11th December 2019 we took over Advanced Business Consultants Legal SLs assets. Including; intellectual property rights, brand rights, trademarks, trade names...
A High Court Judge’s ruling due later this year could help thousands of English timeshare resort owners break free from their contracts and be awarded compensation. A High Court Judge sitting at Winchester County Court will be handing down a judgment following a...
Dear Club La Costa member, On the subject of the Club La Costa (CLC) recent circular “The Wind Up that’s been Wound Up” Kwikchex.com & CLC continue to try and pull the wool over the eyes of their members and Trading Standards. We understand that these...
Dear Diamond Resorts Owner, On the subject of the Diamond Resorts recent circular “Notice from Diamond’s Legal Team” Kwikchex.com & Diamond continue to try and pull the wool over the eyes of their members. We understand that these communications can be unsettling...
Are those maintenance and finance bills weighing you down? Did you know we can tell you how much you could potentially claim, you could be sitting on a lump sum worth THOUSANDS! INTRODUCING OUR CLAIMS CALCULATOR Click Here to Find Out Find out how much you could claim...
It was confirmed that on the 6th June 2019 another Spanish timeshare resort Club Paradiso/Paramount has closed its doors. The company that manages the resort is Excel Hotels & Resorts and their website is no longer available, phones jump to voicemail with only...
Brexit should be seen as an opportunity and not a hindrance for those in the UK fighting disputes over unwanted timeshares says a Spanish legal expert. The claim comes from Adriana Stoyanova, a lawyer with Malaga based M1 Legal, specialists in timeshare contract law...
Some of the M1 Legal Team with the happy couple.From left to right: Cristina Rodriguez Luz, Jaime González, Walter Shankley, Nancy Shankley, Patricia Criado, Maria Luisa Gonzalez. Walter & Nancy Shankley from Lanark, Scotland came to visit after kindly giving us...
Our legal associates, Spanish law firm M1 Legal are producing some amazing results right now and are becoming the new “heroes” against the timeshare resorts, last week alone they reported 5 victories totaling £95,918.18. 2019: £1/2 million in payouts so far To date...
David Brown from The Times published a great article last week about famous footballer stars Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville commenting on their connection to a Maltese timeshare resort which is in the spotlight for mis-selling timeshares and related loan agreements...
Club La Costa The Story So Far... Following on from our ‘Resort Appeals Overruled’ article in the last issue, we have an update on the story so far. After an initial court decision that the case did not fall under Spanish jurisdiction, M1 Legal appealed the decision...
There has been a HUGE increase in complaints from members of the public concerning ‘No Win No Fee’ home-sit (doorstep) appointments. There will often be ‘no win’ and there will always be a fee for relinquishment which in many cases we have seen will be a notification...
WHAT is believed to be the biggest victory in a dispute over a timeshare property has been achieved for a British couple Mr & Mrs Sewell-Rutter from Southampton. In the Spanish courts, Malaga based M1 Legal, working on behalf of European Consumer Claims, won an...
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