Afik News 319 07.10.2020

An employee of a financing company founded a company that deals with project financing and supplied services to the employer and then resigned. The employer contended, inter alia, that the employee is not entitle to receive commissions for an unfinished project due to his resignation. The Court dismissed the employer’s claims in full and held […]

Two entrepreneurs incorporated a company and want to ensure their control over it even after the entry of investors. The way to ensure this may be through a ‘control agreement’ or a ‘voting agreement’, in which the parties may undertake to agree between them on any vote before casting it. But then it may turn […]

An article in Globes, reporter Avishai Grinzwig, dated 24.09.2020, about a case in which the Afik & Co. law office won against Bank Leumi

Lessees who ceased to pay rent sought to prevent forfeiture of the guarantee given as part of the lease agreement, contending that the COVID-19 crisis amounted to a frustration of the contract, but on the other hand refused to vacate the property. The Court held that the lessor has the right to forfeit the guarantee, […]

A man and a woman decided to conceive a child as co-parents. When they were unable to conceive, the woman’s life-partner donated eggs which were fertilized by the man’s sperm and implanted in the woman’s womb, resulting in the birth of two kids. The three parties signed an agreement, setting their rights and duties regarding […]

A lessee was forced to leave an apartment due to multiple defects which prevented him from using the apartment. The lessee was not notified of such defects when he entered the apartment and such were not repaired by the lessor, despite many notices on the lessee’s part. The lessee demanded full refund of rent. The […]

A global fashion company with a registered trademark consisting of a figure of a polo player riding a horse, contended that goods of a competing company are to be destroyed because it imported, marketed and distributed in Israel goods bearing a mark with similar characteristics. The Court dismissed the claim and held that although both […]

An Australian company purchased goods from an Israeli supplier, who issued receipts under its private tax file, but the goods were never supplied. The supplier contended that she is not personally liable the failure in the supply because she managed the transaction through a company incorporated a few days after ordering the goods. The Court […]