Mindtimeshare, the self-appointed and self-regulated “consumer office” has been ordered by High Court n.5 of Las Palmas to rectify a post on their blog from 2013 regarding Reclaim GC /ResaleGC. In that post Mindtimeshare went on to falsely state that the police had intervened in the offices of the company, arresting the staff under charges of fraud.
This has never happened:
Mindtimeshare, funded by the RDO who is in turn financed by its members (A coalition of European Timeshare Resorts) have been actively attacking companies and lawyers who actively file claims against RDO member resorts as a desperate attempt to damage the reputation of real consumer friendly companies and lawyers and dissuade timeshare owners from signing up. In response to the false allegation, our firm Canarian legal alliance launched an official complaint against them, which the judge upheld stating in the process:
It is evident that the offering of advice and legal defence to anyone who holds a timeshare interest in order to obtain the cancellation of their agreement with any commercial entity that alienates these rights does not integrate the type of offense transcribed. For this reason, at least in the exercise of said activity, Reclaimgc and other entities have not perpetrated any offence.
It is stated in the complaint that such claims are predestined to fail and that the lawyers, who are identified with their full names, act in bad faith and with no qualms. The undersigned does not share such statement, because some of the claims have prospered and the sentences of first instance that have cancelled certain agreements have also been confirmed by the High Court of Las Palmas. The sentence of the Fourth Section dated 21st of February of 2013 is an example of the aforementioned.
We are pleased to see that the publishing of false information is not an acceptable practice condoned by the Spanish authorities and though the reputation damage sustained by a company or an individual can never be reversed, at least in this instance justice has been served.
We feel it necessary to warn everybody against blindly taking for granted the information posted throughout the publications of dubious “consumer offices” and we strongly recommend that consumers seek legal advice from law firms if they have cause for concern.
Also we would like to assure our clients that Canarian Legal Alliance will not accept any false information published about our company, and will always take legal action against slander of any kind.