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Following last week’s news that the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has made a final decision in a case involving Barclays Partner Finance (BPF), who funded the purchase of one of Club La Costa’s (CLC) mis-sold Fractional timeshare products to consumers, further details of that decision are now beginning to emerge. It is clear from the […]

The Financial Ombudsman Service has now found that Club La Costa mis-sold products to consumers and has ordered Barclays Partner Finance (BPF) to repay to them the payments made under their finance agreement. Following this decision, the FOS will now apply this decision to all similar cases and thousands of consumers will benefit from it. […]

PROPER LEGAL ADVICE   Following yesterday’s news that the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has made a final decision in a case involving Barclays Partner Finance (BPF), who funded the purchase of one of Club La Costa’s mis-sold Fractional timeshare products to consumers, we have now had the opportunity of reviewing the contents of that decision.   It is clear from the decision, which can be […]

You may have read recently about the recent outcome of the proceedings in the Upper Tribunal, in which Barclays Partner Finance have agreed to repay timeshare consumers £48 million. The proceedings related to finance agreements provided by Barclays Partner Finance to consumers for the purchase of timeshare products from Azure between 2014 and 2016.   There is a […]

Tied into A Timeshare You Can No Longer Use or Afford A timeshare was once seen as a great opportunity to enjoy a few much-needed weeks away in the sun each year but as you grow older or circumstances change, owning timeshare can become increasingly difficult and more of a burden than anything else. As […]

We were pleased to be able to assist Harry Brennan from The Telegraph with information for his article “Timeshare Victims die while waiting for justice”. This article was published on 17th October 2021 and you can read this online using the link   Here at Sarah Waddington Solicitors, we are very passionate about bringing attention […]

What You Need to Know to Protect Yourself In the wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic, there has been a dramatic increase in the amount of cold call scams and incidences targeting timeshare owners. The past few years have been extremely difficult for most people but for a lot of people with a timeshare contract there […]

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Timeshare Claims Advice For timeshare owners who are trapped in a timeshare agreement that was mis-sold, there is now a way that they can obtain the financial compensation to which they are entitled. In 2015, due to the high number of timeshare contract disputes in Spain, the Spanish Supreme Court issued a judgement that rendered […]

Protect Yourself From Bad Deals And Timeshare Scams A lot of people nowadays are aware of the negative reputation that timeshares have earned over the decades and are able to recognise a scam early on and avoid making any type of agreement or transaction with such individuals or companies. However, a lot of people have […]