A Norwegian lady, Tove Grimsbo, has recently been awarded more than an estimated €40,000 after what has been called a “ground-breaking” Spanish supreme court ruling that promises to shake many operators within the timeshare industry to their very core.
The highest civil court in Spain, it was announced this month, has upheld a Provincial High Court ruling ordering Anfi to refund all of the lady’s payments, plus interest and legal fees, after a case that has lasted more than 6 years.
When Mrs Grimsbo’s husband was persuaded by Gran Canaria’s Anfi Sales S.L. in 2001 to sign a contract for timeshare, paying a more-than-700€ deposit, there and then with their credit card, the courts have ruled that their right to a full “cooling off period” of 10 natural days was certainly breached. The law on this is strict, timeshare sellers cannot take a deposit within the first 10 days of any contract, in this case it seems they did.
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