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SubscribeIt is not possible to enforce a real estate transaction that signed after a previous transaction was unlawfully terminated
Real Estate
Dispute Resolution
An apartment seller terminated on a Friday the sale transaction by a laconic letter based on non-payment of consideration on time, ignoring the requirement of the agreement to give a prior notice and on Saturday already sold the apartment to another purchaser. The Court held that according to the agreement a written warning prior to […]
A shareholder in a company managed as a partnership does not have a right to be employed by the company but has the right to participate in the management
Business, Corporate and Joint Ventures
Dispute Resolution
A shareholder of a company that was managed as a partnership was an employee and also a director of the company and was terminated both from the position as an employee and as a director. After termination the computer was taken from her and her access to the company’s databases, including financial reports, and books […]
As of April 1, 2018, the working week in Israel is shortened to 42 work hours
Labor Law and Immigration
On March 18, 2018, the Israeli Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Chaim Katz, signed an extension order applicable to all employees, shortening the work week to 42 hours instead of 43 hours, resulting in a reduction of four hours every month. The changes will take effect on 01.04.18.
A story on a Maritime Waybill and a Captain with a (Moldy) Wooden Leg
Maritime, Aviation and Transportation Law
Dispute Resolution
A riddle: A maritime waybill states that all claims will be settled only in London, United Kingdom, but the goods are Norwegian wood loaded in Finland on a Singapore owned ship, leased to a Bermuda company, subleasing it to a Danish freighter which issued the waybill to an Israeli purchaser utilizing a Portuguese agent and […]
Denial of severance pay is an extreme remedy even if an employee was terminated due to larceny
Labor Law and Immigration
Dispute Resolution
An employee who was employed in a company that carried out deliveries for a factory was dismissed without prior notice or severance pay after he stole an item that was the property of the factory. The Labor Court held that the question of whether a certain behavior justifies immediate termination without severance pay is a […]
Interpretation of tender terms must be such that a reasonable bidder could have understood at the time of submitting the bids
Public Law, Environment and Tenders
Dispute Resolution
To a tender for parking violation enforcement systems three bidders filed offers, two of which met the threshold conditions, and was held the winner, when the municipality, the publisher of the tender, contended that it interprets the threshold conditions in a broad manner in order to allow as many offers as possible and to prevent […]
Lack of good faith of the debtor may cause cancellation of bankruptcy proceeding
Business, Corporate and Joint Ventures
Commercial, Banking and Financial
Dispute Resolution
Creditors in the bankruptcy process claimed that the debtors hide information about their income and live a rich and extravagant lifestyle despite the bankruptcy proceedings and therefore contended that the bankruptcy proceedings of the debtors should be canceled. The Court held that bankruptcy proceedings may be canceled if the debtor abuses the proceedings, including in […]