Afik News 455 24.12.2025

On December 10, 2025, the Israeli Privacy Protection Authority announced that it has initiated proactive supervision proceedings regarding the obligations established by Amendment 13 to the Privacy Protection Law, including the obligation to appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO) in organizations. The Authority stated that it will begin by examining the following sectors: local authorities, […]

A municipality refused to compensate a supplier for works performed in two projects at the order of the municipality, amounting to approximately ILS 850,000 due to the fact that no formal signed agreement exists, due to an election period and changes in the local administration. The Court partially accepted the claim and ordered the municipality […]

A daughter, who inherited her late mother’s estate together with her sibling, sought to revoke the inheritance order due to a will in which the deceased bequeathed the entire estate to her. The Court dismissed the motion to revoke the inheritance order due to undue influence exerted on the testator.  The Israeli Inheritance Law stipulates […]

Property owners entered into a tenancy agreement with a company which was supposed to carry out construction work on the property to open a restaurant and a hotel.  After the tenant failed to pay the rent and did not commence the work on the property on time, the property owners terminated the agreement and demanded […]

As part of a merger transaction in which shareholders in the target company sold their shares to the acquiring company, an Israeli company wholly held by an Australian ASX traded company, the acquiring company undertook to provide a loan for the benefit of the target company.  While the share purchase agreements were made only with […]

A Seller of rights in a plot (acquired from a receiver) undertook to complete the recording of the rights in his name within 40 days but the recording was affected only after six years.  The purchasers demanded the full liquidated damages stipulated in the contract (ILS 150,000), which constituted approximately 28% of the transaction value. […]

A person granted his rights in the land as an irrevocable gift and even entered into an agreement and an irrevocable power of attorney for the benefit of the beneficiaries.  However, the beneficiaries did not record a cautionary note and after about two years the same person sold the same rights to a third party […]

An article discussing the ability of landowners to evict a licensee, even after decades, whether regarding private land or state land. The article was written by Adv. Yair Aloni of Afik & Co