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Natan Zehavi, a Radio Le-Lo Hafsaka broadcaster provided broadcasting services to the radio station as an independent contractor.  Following a controversial on-air statement, the station suspended the broadcaster without pay and refused to reinstate him without receiving new financial guarantees on his part.  However, the station refrained from formally terminating the agreement, thereby keeping his […]

Landlords notified the tenants of the termination of the lease and prevented them from exercising an option, contending that they intended to sell the apartment.  In practice, the apartment was not sold but was rented to others at higher rents, and the tenants were forced to rent another apartment at a higher price. The Court […]

A party to a joint venture demanded an accounting from his partner, claiming entitlement to 20% of the profits.  The partner refused to disclose the documents, arguing that no binding agreement had been signed between them. The Court accepted the claim and held that a special relationship existed between the parties, establishing a right to […]

A senior employee who was terminated from a company demanded to receive 20% of its shares, claiming that according to the employment agreement, he is entitled to 5% of the shares of its subsidiary, which was not actually established, because the value of the employing company is four times the value of the subsidiary. The […]

A subcontractor who entered into an agreement to perform finishing works abandoned the site and terminated the agreement before the payment date arrived (current +30), because the main contractor delayed payments of approved accounts and even notified that it did not intend to pay. The Court accepted the subcontractor’s claim and held that the agreement […]

A manpower agency provided employees to a company operating a nursing home.  The nursing home ran into financial difficulties, ceased operations, and owed money to the manpower agency, who demanded them also from a person who was the shareholders of the holding company of the company managing the hotel and the director of the operating […]

A company engaged in consulting and exercising rights demanded to receive legal fees from a client after about a decade, contending that it referred it to legal representation that led to a reduction in lease fees vis-à-vis the Tel Aviv Municipality. The Court rejected the claim and held that the agreement had been abandoned by […]

The heirs of a person who purchased a small part of a plot claimed ownership of its remainder by virtue of an oral agreement, while a later purchaser bought this part, paid full consideration and recorded it in the Land Registry. The Court dismissed the claim and held that the existing recording in the Land […]

A couple invested in a startup for distributing online courses.  The project developers presented them with a representation that the technological system was almost completely ready, of high quality, and that significant resources had been invested in it.  The agreement between the parties stated that the system is purchased in its current condition (“AS IS”).  […]

A company engaged in coordinating and managing the collection of development levies for local authorities and water corporations entered into an agreement with a partner, which included broad non-compete and confidentiality clauses.  After the partnership between the parties ended, the partner began working in the same field through another company. The Court held that the […]

In a marriage contract entered into between a Muslim couple it was stated that only Sharia law would apply to their marriage, and not the Israeli Property Relations Law.  The marriage contract was signed by both spouses, but the implication of applying Sharia law instead of the Property Relations Law was not explained to them […]

A co-owner of an apartment, who inherited half of his deceased father’s apartment, demanded that his half-sister pay him usage fees after she moved into the apartment with her partner and two children without his consent, even though her mother (the owner of the second half of the rights in the apartment) permitted her to […]

Rights holders held the land by virtue of a judgment and a division map.  A decade after the judgment, a mediation process took place regarding a family dispute between other partners in the plot, without involving the two original rights holders.  The mediation agreement was granted the status of a judgment, but it contradicted the […]

An association deposited significant amounts of cash collected as donations into its bank account, without identifying their source.  Consequently, and against the backdrop of various media reports raising suspicions of its involvement in terror financing, the bank decided to completely block its account activity. The Court held that the bank must refrain from closing the […]

A non-Israeli company, which holds the rights to an international brand, claimed that Israeli companies breached a license agreement and infringed upon its trademark by manufacturing and marketing products bearing the brand without its authorization. The Israeli companies argued that they had acted lawfully under explicit authorization received from the company’s exclusive local representative in […]

After the general assembly of shareholders in a public company rejected the decision of the compensation committee and the board of directors of the company to grant the CEO a special bonus that deviates from the company’s compensation policy, the bonus was approved via an “overruling” decision. The Court dismissed the company’s motion for summary […]

A shop purchased from a contractor was delivered with a delay of nearly three years from the contractual date, during most of which the contractor used the shop to store its own construction equipment.  At the time of the late delivery, the purchaser signed a delivery protocol.  Additionally, during the contract period, the purchaser was […]

A sales agent worked for over a decade at a sports apparel and equipment marketing company.  He was dismissed after being recorded taking merchandise from the warehouse without permission, and after it was discovered that while employed by the company, he sold products and cooperated with a competing company. The Court found that the employee’s […]

A minority shareholder contended that the controlling shareholder excluded her from the company’s operations, created fictitious debts toward her and treated her in a manner amounting to shareholder oppression. The controlling shareholder contended that it acted lawfully within its authority as the sole director and that the minority shareholder knew in advance that she would […]

An Israeli lawyer, sued by an Israeli investor who had entered into a real estate investment agreement abroad through the lawyer via a foreign partnership, requested to dismiss the investor’s claim in limine, arguing that Israel is not the proper forum to hear the dispute. The Supreme and District Courts dismissed the motion due to […]

The Israeli police approached a non-Israeli company with a request to freeze a digital wallet that was allegedly suspected of fraud and money laundering activities. The Supreme Court rejected the petition of the wallet owner and held that the police did have the authority to approach the foreign company and act to freeze the wallet.  […]

An apartment owner and a tenant signed a lease agreement, under which a security check was deposited and it was stipulated that the tenant must pay a penalty if it does not find an alternate tenant in the event of an early departure.  The tenant left the apartment mid-lease and did not find an alternate […]

Neighbours in a condominium opposed a permit application for the renovation and expansion of their neighbour’s apartment for the purpose of constructing a residential secure space (Mamad), despite the consent of the rest of the residents, because the planned construction would cause proprietary and structural damage to their apartment. The expansion and the construction of […]

A legal website automatically collected judgments published by the Directorate of Courts and published legal proceedings involving an individual over the years.  The publications included identifying details such as: ID number, signature, and personal information regarding his medical condition, all from public proceedings. The Court dismissed the demand of the person whose details were included […]