| Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court |
| Civil Case 62482-12-19 Peretz et al. v. Leibowitz et al.
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| Before | The Honorable Judge Yaakov Shaked
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Plaintiff |
Toby Peretz By Attorney Avraham Seroussi
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Defendants |
1. Adi Leibowitz 2. Ilai Leibowitz 3. Odan Entrepreneurship and Execution Ltd. 4.A.M. Manpower Management Ltd. By Attorney Eran Weiner et al. 5.Edgar Best Human Resources inTax Appeal (in liquidation)
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| Judgment
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I have before me a claim for dissolution of partnership and provision of accounts, which was placed in the sum of ILS 5,500,000.
- Factual Background
- The plaintiff and defendant 1 met about thirty years ago. As detailed in the pleadings and affidavits of the parties, in the early 2000s they began to work in the field of placement of foreign workers, mainly in the construction industry. Initially, they did so through Bell Horse Breeding Company Ltd., and then through Odan Tax Appeal Logistics Services (hereinafter - Odan Services). The shares of the latter company were held through a foreign company registered in Gibraltar, whose shares were held in trust for the plaintiff and defendant 1.
- It also emerges from the arguments of the parties that are not in dispute that in 2005 there were regulatory changes in Israel, mainly limiting the number of foreign workers per company engaged in the placement of manpower to only 700, prohibiting those with a criminal record of disgrace offenses from operating such a corporation, and prohibiting the holding of a number of manpower corporations through the same shareholder. The plaintiff and defendant 1 anticipated that these restrictions would harm their activity, which exceeded the scope of 700 employees as aforesaid, and in view of their criminal record, anddecided to establish a number of manpower corporations:
- C.A.Z. Employees in a tax appeal (hereinafter - C.A.Z.), whose shares were held through a holding company, 55% of whose shares were held by the Piso family. The remainder of the shares were held in equal parts by the plaintiff's daughter (for him) and Mr. Ran Weinstein on behalf of defendant 1;
- Hasson Gesher Manpower in a Tax Appeal (hereinafter - Hasson Gesher), whose shareholder gave Odan Services an option to receive 90% of its shares at any time;
- Edgar Meitav Human Resources in a tax appeal (defendant 5 that was in liquidation; hereinafter - Adgar), whose shares were held by A.M. Manpower Management in a Tax Appeal (Defendant 4; hereinafter - A.M. management), whose shareholders, equally, are the mother of defendant 1 and Freddie Robinson and a company on his behalf, for and on behalf of the plaintiff;