Joining the Football Association as a Required Party / Friend of the Court
- "Regulation 24 Authorizes the court to add essential litigants, On the one hand,, and delete unnecessary litigants, On the other hand,, All as per the case. This, In order to enable the court to rule and decide efficiently and completely all the questions involved in the action (Goren, Issues in Civil Procedure, (1 Edition-עשרה, 153). "The test for the addition of another party is not the benefit and convenience of the plaintiff, Rather, the question is whether the combination is necessary in order for the court to be able to rule completely and efficiently on the companies that arose as a result of the filing of the lawsuit pending (גורן, 154; Civil Appeal 203/77 Zamir Company in Tax Appeal v. Building Company, Piskei Din 32(1) 59). Regulation 24 It relates mainly to the joining of parties whose rights and obligations the decision in the lawsuit can and will affect.
- Legislative and case law provisions that allow institutions and bodies to join legal proceedings can be found As a friend of the house”Q (גורן, 160, High Court of Justice 769/02 Public Committee Against Torture v. Government of Israel, IsrSC 57(6) 285):
"...The Friend of the Court institution is a legitimate legal institution in Israel by virtue of the court's authority to add parties to the proceeding on its own initiative, as stated in the Civil Procedure Regulations, and by virtue of the expansion of the right to stand before the High Court of Justice, as expressed in the institution of the "public petitioner" (the Kozli case)...The matters that must be decided and must be addressed in any case in which a party wishes to join the proceeding are: it must be ensured that there is an additional party to the proceeding in order to contribute to the hearing itself; In order to contribute to the public interest, on the other hand, it is necessary to examine whether the aforementioned combination does not impair the efficiency of the hearing, the parties to the dispute itself and their basic rights. (The Kozli case)." (Sec. (Haifa) 52716-05-13 Union of Users of Bulk Sea Transport for the Transportation of Grain and Fodder v. The New General Workers' Union [published in Nevo, June 30, 2013]).