Following the recent, stunning
High Court victory over Club La Costa (CLC), in which administrators BDO were replaced by the creditors preference FRP, the RDO have attempted to present another victory, but on behalf of CLC.
Actual victory
CLC were dealt a serious blow last month when the creditors choice of insolvency practitioners were allowed to take over the administration proceedings, allaying fears in some quarters that the wronged timeshare consumers would not be able to claim their court awarded compensation as part of the administration proceedings.
From 2015 onwards the Spanish courts have been issuing financial penalties against the giant timeshare company in response to their continual disregard for consumer laws enacted to protect customers from
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Dementia victim case highlights timeshare industry s epic compensation battle
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22 Apr 2021, 07:24 GMT+10
Club La Costa (CLC) facing tens of Pound millions in compensation claims. Consumers finally winnng as timeshare revenues drop and record amounts of compensation are awarded against them.
Dementia sufferer s case highlights larger problems
69 year old invalid and dementia victim Stuart Crawford s case was reported in the Telegraph, and it is disturbing reading. CLC salespeople have sold and upgraded the clearly vulnerable Crawford to the point where he has Pound 45k of debt, Pound 700 a month payments, is forced into local authority accommodation, is unable to sell the membership and likely to leave his wife destitute when he dies.
Dementia sufferer trapped in holiday timeshare nightmare
Customers pursue Club la Costa for £28m after pandemic troubles I m still on the hook for £700 in monthly repayments for holidays I cannot go on
A company that invited people on free holidays to sell them timeshares has said it will vigorously defend itself against allegations of mis-selling as disgruntled customers fight to get their money back.
Club la Costa, which sold timeshares in Spain, Britain, Austria, Turkey and America, fell into administration in November, with around 700 claims worth €32m (£28m) against it for alleged breaches of Spanish timeshare sales laws.
But lawyers have warned that pursuing claims may be fruitless after the firm’s administrators disclosed that the company had just £1.3m to pay its creditors and had resorted to selling off office furniture, IT equipment and iPads.
‘IS my mother dead or alive?’ That’s what expat Lee Samuel, 54, was left pondering for five days straight as his 77-year-old mum Carole battled for her life in an Andalucian hospital.
The property salesman is now warning other families of what to expect if a loved one is admitted after he was repeatedly refused updates from the Hospital Costa del Sol in Marbella last week.
“It was absolutely terrifying,” the Club La Costa employee told
the Olive Press.
“We phoned again and again but they kept telling us they could not give out that information over the phone and that we would have to come in,” he continued.