The Assuta Medical Center sought to order the arrest of a Panama flag bulk carrier after the ship failed to pay medical expenses for the treatment of the ship’s chief engineer. The Maritime Court accepted the motion and held that the ship is to be arrested and will be released only against deposit of the […]

A shareholder of a dual listed public company, which shares are traded on both the Nasdaq and the Israeli Stock Exchange, moved to approve a class-action against the company, contending that the company executives made misleading representations regarding the company’s position in order to increase company stock value. The Court approved the class-action and held […]

A company submitted a bid for a complex and wide-ranging tender concerning, inter alia, the planning and construction of the light rail lines in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area and after about eight months from the date of submission of the bid and when it became clear that it did not win the tender, it […]

A non-Israeli sought to revive a company that was liquidated a few years earlier, contending that he had fallen victim to a case of fraud in the field of “binary options” in which the company was involved (although the date of the contended fraud was after the company ceased operation and commenced voluntary liquidation proceedings). […]

A customer and a provider of services in the field of surrogacy got into a conflict and the service provider demands that the dispute be referred to arbitration due to the existence of an arbitration clause in the agreement. The Court held that the arbitration clause does not constitute a discriminatory clause in a contract […]

An employee demanded from an employer to pay compensation for withholding wages after resigning from his position due to the employer’s custom of paying his salary late for the 3 years preceding the resignation. The Labor Court held that the employee is entitled to compensation for withholding wages and that due to the fact that […]

An entrepreneurial company contracted a gallery to sell rights in the property it owns and to establish a joint project in it. Due to dispute that arose between the parties a settlement was formed, under which, inter alia, it was agreed that there is no objection to the recording of a cautionary note in favor […]

A shareholder in a start-up Company demanded the cancellation of appointment of another director, based on a veto granted to him under the investment agreement, according to which without his consent the company cannot make any change of management structure, although a representative on his behalf voted at the board of directors to amend the […]

A company that provided landscaping services to a non-profit organization that served as the local municipality’s “sports department” demanded that the municipality covera debt for work performed at the non-profit’s request and relying on oral promises given to it in which the municipality would take care of payments if necessary. The Court accepted the claim […]

The Verso glasses brand contracted a company held by Israeli singer Omer Adam, to sell the brand in Israel and later opened negotiations for the joint contracting of the Opticana eyewear franchise. The negotiation ended with motions for temporary ordered in Israel and arbitration in Florida, United State of America, opened by Verso and legal […]

A travel company and a tour guide entered into an agreement that stipulated that the guide would pay the company for booking 40 rooms in four installments. The company contended that the tour guide breached the agreement when he did not pay part of the installments, while the tour guide contended that he did not […]

A married couple sought an injunction to prevent harassment by a man who has declared his love for the wife and set up websites and profiles on the Internet in which he published repeated posts declaring his intentions towards the wife and called for her to leave her husband, including statements claiming the husband was […]

A former employee at a distribution line of a store selling tobacco products contented that the store was opened as an equal partnership between himself and the store owner and demanded compensation for his exclusion from receiving a share of the store’s profits. The Court held that no partnership relations existed between the parties. An […]

In a loan agreement the borrower company granted the lender a warrant that may be exercised in the event of an IPO. Prior to the IPO the company did a restructuring and contended that the lender lost its right to execute the warrant, even though its effect on the company share value was negligible. The […]

A couple lived in an apartment purchased by the husband prior to the marriage, and which according to the prenuptial agreement between them remained in his sole ownership. The couple later purchased an apartment together, and the woman sought to obtain, regarding her share of the purchase, a tax exemption or at least a discount […]

An Israeli company has been investing in real estate ventures for years through the establishment of limited partnerships (about 250 different ventures) for each venture and by marketing participation units in such partnerships. Several investors demanded the cancellation of the agreements and repayment of the investment funds contending that the units were marketed without a […]

A company ran into financial difficulties due to negligent management and a crisis of confidence between the shareholders which led to the paralysis of the company. While the minority shareholders contended oppression and demanded that the majority shareholders purchase their shares, the majority shareholders contended that there was no oppression and that the minority shareholders […]

A woman sought to probate her cousin’s will, under which she bequeathed her all of her property. The deceased’s nephew, who resides in the United States and possess no property in Israel, filed an objection to the probate. The cousin contended that the nephew should deposit a guarantee to secure proceedings expenses. The Court accepted […]

An employee of the Ashdod Port and the Port reached a settlement under which it was determined that the Port will pay the employee ILS 20,000 for wage differences in exchange for full and complete waiver of all claims against the Port. About 4 months later, the employee requested to revoke the settlement agreement on […]

As part of a compromise agreement, the owner of a shopping center undertook to act with due diligence, to register the shopping center as a condominium with the Land Registry and to record the ownership of the buyer of two of the stores in his name within 5 years. However, this was not finished within […]

A company’s plant was damaged by a flood due to actions of local authorities. Sometime after the flood and regardless thereof, the company was voluntarily liquidated and merged into the activities of another company, which sought compensation from the local authorities for the damage. The local authorities refused to pay damages because the plaintiff company […]

Shareholders entered into a founders agreement for the purpose of establishing a company, which stipulated that a minority shareholder would have an antidilution protection. At a later stage, an investment agreement was executed for the purpose of raising capital, which explicitly stipulated that that it revokes any previous agreement, and the shareholder was diluted as […]

A married couple who were co-owners, together with others, of a commercial building, signed a prenuptial agreement according to which in the event of the husband’s death, the wife will be entitled to any consideration received from renting the property for the rest of her life. After the husband’s demise, the husband’s children sought to […]

Gaming stores owners have set up WhatsApp groups, in which they coordinated the prices of game consoles such as PlayStation and Xbox and the prices of various video games such as FIFA, which they advertised on the Zap comparative shopping website which allows store owners to update products prices. The Court held that the store […]