What is believed to be the largest compensation award in European timeshare history, following a Tenerife timeshare dispute involving La Pinta Beach Resort, is now one step away from delivering the final outcome for Southampton couple Mr & Mrs Sewell-Rutter.
Read their original story here: https://timeshareadvicecentre.co.uk/news/20180907-m1legal-victory-365000-euros
In September 2018, our retained lawyers at M1 Legal received confirmation of a first-instance court award totalling €365,000 against La Pinta Beach Club in Tenerife.
The couple had purchased several contracts over the years, and the evidence showed these were all connected to the same company. The contracts were also in perpetuity (i.e. longer than 50 years).
In our initial interview, Mr & Mrs Sewell-Rutter said: “We have had timeshare weeks with La Pinta Beach Club for over 10 years and every year we went there, we were approached by the re-sales department, pressuring us to buy additional timeshares which they promised to sell at a profit. They put so much pressure on us each time to make us part with our money that we felt exhausted and gave in. As a result, we lost most of our savings, had to remortgage our house and take out a bank loan. In the end we had lost a considerable amount of money. We didn’t know where to turn until we found M1 Legal.”
La Pinta later appealed the judgment. In July this year, a Spanish High Court reviewed the appeal and issued a final judgment awarding the Sewell-Rutters €312,000. There is no further right of appeal, and M1 Legal is now applying to the court for the funds to be released.
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