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Civil Appeal 811/23 Emanuel Ben Haim v. Tishrei Furniture Ltd. - part 10

March 17, 2025
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  1. The conclusion from all of the above is that The transcripts of the recordings attached by the appellants should not be regarded as a "written" confession for the purpose of Section 9 to the statute of limitations. 

Given that, as stated, the parties reached a procedural agreement in the District Court, according to which the decision on the statute of limitations claim "will focus on the legal question of whether the recording constitutes a written document for the purpose of Section 9 of the Statute of Limitations", the law therefore dismissed the appellants' claim in limine due to the statute of limitations.

  1. It should be emphasized that in view of the aforesaid procedural agreement, I did not see fit to address the other arguments of the appellants, including their argument that the claim of limitation should be rejected even in the absence of a "written" admission, due to the "cry of fairness" that arises from the circumstances of the present case, in view of the precedent set out in the judgment of other municipal requests 986/93 Kalmar v. Guy, P.D.  N(1) 185 (1996) (hereinafter: עניין Pencil case).  However, and given that the parties addressed this issue at length in their arguments, I will mention that the rule established in the matter Pencil case Concerning the Written Requirement in section 8 Law The Real Estate, and has not yet been applied to the written requirement relating to our matter.  Beyond that, I will note that even on the merits, the circumstances of the case before us are very far from those exceptional and rare cases that are liable to give rise to a "cry of fairness".

Conclusion

  1. In view of all of the above, I would suggest to my colleagues that we dismiss the appeal.

I will further suggest that the appellants bear the expenses of respondents 2-3 in the sum of ILS 10,000.

 

Yael Willner

Judge

 

Judge Ruth Ronen:

I agree.

 

Ruth Ronen

Judge

 

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