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SubscribeStop everything, wait for me! – On Interim Orders and Freeze of Engagements in Tenders
Public Law, Elections Law and Tenders
An article on the possibility of issuing an order freezing the tender contract until the petition filed by the losing party in the tender is investigated. The article was written by Attorney Yair Aloni of Afik & Co.
If a condition subsequent is met in a gift transaction, the gift will be canceled
Domestic Relations
Real estate in Israel and around the world
Dispute Resolution
Parents allowed their son and daughter-in-law to build their house on half of the land owned by the parents. The parties signed a gift agreement with a commitment stating that if the couple seeks to sell the property during the lifetime of the parents (or either of them), the gift of the land will be […]
The winning of a bidder in a tender for the provision of services will not be delayed, especially when there was no flaw in the conduct by the tenders committee
Public Law, Elections Law and Tenders
Dispute Resolution
A bidder in a tender discovered, after the winner of the tender had already been selected, that its bid lacked details that would have allowed it to receive the maximum score had it been submitted in the first place. Due to the tenders committee’s refusal to allow the bid to be amended retroactively, the bidder […]
The threshold conditions for recognizing the existence of a “common-law spouse” relationship are family life and a shared household
Notarial Prenups
Wills and Estates
Intergenerational Law (Trusts, Estates, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Parenting)
A woman sought to be recognized as a common-law spouse of a deceased on the grounds that she and him had lived together as husband and wife for several years until his demise, and thus be recognized as his heir. The Court refused to acknowledge the woman as a common-law spouse. Common-law spouses are spouses […]
The existence of insolvency proceedings does not prevent the realization of an autonomous bank guarantee
Commercial, Banking and Financial
Dispute Resolution
A lessor sought to exercise an autonomous bank guarantee given to it by the tenant due to a debt arising from the lease agreement. The trustee of the tenant, who is in insolvency proceedings, sought to postpone the realization until the lessor’s claims were investigated. The Court accepted the motion of the lessor due to […]
In order to impose a personal obligation on the company’s organ for pre-contract negotiations, subjective personal fault must be shown
Business, Corporate and Joint Ventures
Dispute Resolution
Two companies entered into an agreement in which one undertakes to provide consulting services to the entrepreneurial company in the framework of a real estate construction project, in exchange for a certain percentage of the proceeds received from the sale of the apartments in the project. After the entrepreneurial company refused to pay the consideration […]
Sellers of an apartment who withdraw from executing the transaction at the last minute may be liable for damages to the purchasers due to lack of good faith
Real estate in Israel and around the world
Dispute Resolution
Apartment owners pulled out of a transaction for the sale of their apartment at the last minute and informed the purchasers that “the transaction is null and void”, after lengthy negotiations in which all the terms were agreed with the purchasers and the contract was ready to be signed. The Court accepted the claim and […]
