The Supreme Court has decided to open its Madrid headquarters to review the complex legal dispute surrounding the timeshare giants in southern Gran Canaria. In a ruling dated April 8, 2026, the Civil Chamber admitted the appeal filed by Anfi Sales SL and Anfi Resorts SL.
The lawsuit, which has been dragging on in the courts of San Bartolomé de Tirajana under case number 856/2021, pits tourism companies against a family. The legal dispute centers on a contract signed on January 7, 2015, a date that now marks the beginning of a battle over the validity of timeshare rights.
The Provincial Court of Las Palmas had previously declared this agreement null and void, classifying the object of the contract as a "floating" system. This lack of specificity regarding the particular accommodation unit is the point of contention that the presiding judge, Ignacio Sancho Gargallo, intends to analyze under the lens of Law 4/2012. The appeal by the entities of the Anfi group is based on the alleged violation of the Sole Transitional Provision of the aforementioned law.
The companies allege a violation of the legal doctrine relating to contracts signed after 2012, but linked to regimes established before the landmark Law 42/1998. The court considers it necessary to "qualify, clarify or confirm" its own doctrine in light of the growing number of cases that question the indeterminacy of the object in these holiday complexes.
This ruling, identified as ATS 3698/2026, offers temporary relief to the appellants after they deposited the amounts required by the Organic Law of the Judiciary. With the appeal now officially admitted, the Court has granted the respondent family twenty days to file their opposition. The future of the "floating" property off the Canary Islands coast now depends on the Supreme Court's final decision.
