Our Legal Team recently won a dispute over the jurisdiction of a timeshare contract. The contract in question had a clause in the adjoining appendix notes to the contract, which stated that any future disputes could not be taken to a Spanish Court even though the Resort was in Spain. This was a move by the Resort which was intended to discourage any future disputes against them (savvy Resorts know that disputes in a British Court will be a lot more costly). However, our lawyers argued that such a clause is illegal, and their dispute was upheld by the court, which means that the case can now be heard in a Spanish Court.
Why timeshare companies make it so difficult for members to leave
Timeshare memberships are sold convincingly as solving all the prospect's holiday needs. So why do they need to tie owners into such ironclad contracts? Expensive but better Expensive things are better, right? This loose rule-of-thumb certainly seemed to...
