Afik News 413 15.05.2024

Shortly before her wedding, the to be bride was killed in a car accident. The insurer refused to compensate the spouse. The Supreme Court accepted the insurer’s contention and held that the spouse is not entitled to a common-law spouse status. A condition for the recognition of common-law marriage is the couple’s intention to apply […]

A bankrupt person filed a class-claim against the Afik & Co. law firm, as well as against many other businesses, alleging non-compliance with the website’s accessibility requirement, when he did not make any prior approach and when it was a duplicate lawsuit and when certain businesses had already compromised with him and paid him money […]

An investor in a real-estate project in Mexico was given a personal guarantee from the shareholders that the land is owned by the selling company. Following legal proceedings in Mexico, it turned out in hindsight that the real owner of the land was a third party and the selling company lost its rights to the […]

In accordance with the provisions of the employment agreement, Beitar Jerusalem football players who were employed under termed contracts did not receive severance pay after their employment agreement was not renewed at the end of their employment term. The Labor Court accepted the employees’ contention and held that the agreement cannot supersedes the provisions of […]

During divorce proceedings, the wife’s sister published publications that included intimate accusations against the ex-husband in the family WhatsApp group where the couple’s children are also members. The Court accepted the claim. Israeli law defines defamation as something that harms a person’s good name and is intended to humiliate him in the eyes of others. […]

A woman contended that she is entitled to half of all her late husband’s assets, including assets he inherited from his father, pursuant to the presumption of joint ownership which determines an equal division between spouses who maintained a shared lifestyle. The Court held that the woman is entitled to half of the rights in […]

A college and a private person established a joint venture in which a pest control course was offered at the college. The college financed the course and also undertook to bear the losses, while the person built the course structure. The person contended that he did not receive the profits he was entitled to from […]

Realtors sought a commission of approximately ILS 9 million for a transaction for the sale of a plot in Tel Aviv with an area of approximately 45 dunams, even though the transaction was concluded and executed two years after the negotiations between the sellers and the buyers were terminated. The Court rejected the claim of […]

There are some very acute questions such as: the Maccabi or Hapoel basketball team, coffee or tea, Coke or Pepsi, but for years, one of the most basic question has always been – Apple or Android? If you ask a devoted Apple user, there is nothing like the Apple’s user experience and there is no […]