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SubscribeA company that transfers possession of the property to another company and does not inform the municipality will not be exempt from city tax
Real Estate
Taxation and Government Incentives and Funding
Dispute Resolution
A company that leased a commercial property sold the operation to another company, but the municipality demanded that it continue to pay the city tax bills even though it had left the property. The Court accepted the claim and obliged the company to pay city tax because it did not report the cessation of use […]
Cohabitation Agreement or Prenuptial Agreement?
Notarial signature verification
Notarial Prenups
Notarial Services
An article on the difference between a notarial cohabitation agreement and a prenuptial agreement. The article was written by Doron Afik, Esq. of Afik & Co.
A commercial cooperation between the parties will not necessarily be deemed a ‘partnership’ even if one of the parties intended it to be so
Business, Corporate and Joint Ventures
Dispute Resolution
When one of two importers who jointly imported jacuzzi systems to Israel discovered that the other importer informed the manufacturer that it does not intend to continue importing these systems to Israel, it demanded compensation for the dissolution of the partnership. The Court rejected the claim after determining that the relationship between the two importers […]
An agreement signed between unmarried spouses with no intention of marriage is not a prenuptial agreement that cancels the presumption of partnership in assets
Notarial Prenups
Notarial Services
Domestic Relations
Spouses, one Israeli and the other foreign, signed an agreement that bore the title of a ‘prenuptial agreement’ and was approved by the Court, in which it was recorded that any property registered in the name of one of them would be his only. Later they got married and after they separated the woman demanded […]
Even using three seconds only of a well-known music track may constitute a copyright infringement
Copyright, Trademarks Media and Artists
Dispute Resolution
An advertising company launched a marketing campaign on television and on the Internet in which it used, among other things, three seconds of well-known musical track without obtaining a permit and without payment for the copyright of the music. The Court accepted the claim and ordered the company to compensate the creator due to copyright […]
An employer is accountable for the publication of defamation committed by an employee in the course of its duties
Commercial, Banking and Financial
Labor Law and Immigration
Dispute Resolution
An adviser to the mayor of Haifa made an offensive statement at a journalist during a city council meeting. The Court accepted the claim and ordered both the consultant and the municipality to compensate the journalist for defamation. Defamation is, Inter alia, a written or oral statement which purpose is to humiliate, degrade and ridicule […]
Tax benefits for residents of a certain location are granted to residents whose life-center is in such location
Taxation and Government Incentives and Funding
Dispute Resolution
Players of the Kiryat Shmona soccer team sought to receive the tax relief granted to those who live in Kiryat Shmona, because most of the week they live in such city. The Supreme Court rejected the motion as the tax benefit is only for residents of Kiryat Shmona whose life-center is therein. The Israeli income […]
