CLA International has received many enquiries from UAE residents who purchased timeshare memberships from Marriott in Marbella and Mallorca, all have the same questions, are their contracts illegal under Spanish law? The simple answer is if the contract is over 50 years in duration, contains points or floating weeks then the answer is yes. Marriott…
Canarian Legal Alliance Lawyers have won a resounding victory in the High Court of Malaga against Club la Costa in respect of Legal Jurisdiction of CLC contracts. Club la Costa in an attempt to circumvent Spanish Timeshare Laws have used UK limited companies on their contracts, then argued that the Spanish courts do not have jurisdiction…
It was announced through an official court notice on 16 September 2019, that an agreement was reached to open summary proceedings against Silverpoint and its administrators. This is the first stage of an investigation into possible criminal acts by the company Silverpoint and the administrators, into possible obstruction of justice. The Judge and the Justice…
January has seen a great start to the year for Canarian Legal Alliance, based in Arguineguin, Gran Canaria, Spain. It has seen many more court victories on behalf of our clients, these have been in courts throughout Spain, ranging from the Lower Courts of First Instance to the High Courts and ultimately the Spanish Supreme…
Last Year Inside Timeshare published the following article based on a report for The New York Times by Gretchen Morgenson, with the latest news from Europe about the closure of Diamond Resorts Europe sales and marketing decks, along with many redundancies, it was thought this was an appropriate time to republish here on CLA International.…
It would look like the long drawn out battle between the New York State Attorney General, Eric T Schneiderman and The Manhattan Club is finally over. It was back in July 2014, that AG Schneiderman announced he had obtained a court order halting the sale of timeshares at The Manhattan Club. As AG Schneiderman put it in July 2014 “Purchasers Duped Into Paying Tens Of…
Canarian Legal Alliance is pleased to announce the latest Supreme Court victory, which now brings the total to 58. No, you have not read the above wrong. The highest-ranking court in Spain has once again sided with our clients and ruled their Silverpoint contracts are null and void, this is on the basis they did not include the…