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An estate administrator claimed to return to the Estate Fund a real estate property of deceased that was given as a gift during her lifetime, claiming that she never agreed to give the apartment as a gift to the defendants and that the entire gift agreement was fraudulent and was made contrary to the deceased’s […]

A customer ordered from a company a unique custom-made pergola manufactured abroad. Despite repeated promises by the company manager for a year and four months, the pergola did not reach Israel, and the manager was demanded to repay the advance payment and personally pay damages. The Court accepted the claim and held that the manager’s […]

An energy engineering expert who assisted a company in preparing an application for a grant by an international fund for the implementation and development of a project, out of an interest in working on the project, demanded to receive about 80% of the funds received from the fund as part of the project. The Court […]

A lecturer claimed that parts of her research paper were copied as part of an academic article published by a doctoral student, contending that there is an identity between the subject of the article and the subject of her research work, including findings and conclusions presented as if they were the findings of the doctoral […]

An investor invested in a company based on draft financial statements prepared by an accounting firm. After the company collapsed and was declared insolvent, the investor claimed that the accounting firm was negligent in preparing the financial statements and is responsible for the damage caused to it. The Court held that the accounting firm was […]

A couple signed a prenuptial agreement according to which if the man passes during the course of their life together and before he has managed to purchase an apartment for investment, his widow will be entitled to inherit his full rights in the apartment he owned prior to the marriage and which was defined in […]

A rabbi known as a missionary contended that Google and Meta (Facebook) posted defamatory posts and videos against him on various social networks affiliated with them, and refused to remove them despite his demand. The Court rejected the claim and held that Google and Meta’s conduct does not amount to defamation. Defamation is something that […]

Shareholders in a public company whose holdings are less than 5% sought to review the proxies for the company’s general meeting, at which a management agreement with the company’s controlling shareholder was approved after the Israeli Securities Authority contended that it was not duly approved. The Court accepted the claim and allowed review of the […]

Knesset (Israeli Parliament) member Tali Gottlieb published on Meta (Facebook) a post about a taxi driver who drove her and her daughter in which she insulted the taxi driver and contended that he treated her and her autistic daughter with disdain. Following this post, another post was written about the taxi driver on the same […]

A woman with no experience in the capital market who was in financial distress was convicted of using inside information she received from a person with whom she was in contact and who urged her to use the information. The use of the inside information was made numerous times by making active investments that yielded […]

A woman with no experience in the capital market who was in financial distress was convicted of using inside information she received from a person with whom she was in contact and who urged her to use the information. The use of the inside information was made numerous times by making active investments that yielded […]

It was sought to open enforcement proceedings for a promissory note that was executed by manner of electronic signature. The Court held that collection proceedings can be opened for an electronically signed promissory noteA certified electronic signature is a secure signature for which an approved issuer issues a certified electronic certificate regarding the means of […]

An Israeli entrepreneur and an entrepreneur resident in the United States entered into an agreement to establish a venture to import devices from China and sell them in the United States, and even established a company in the United States for this purpose and rented offices there. When disputes arose between the parties, the U.S. […]

A husband sought to enforce a “marital reconciliation or divorce agreement” that had been executed and confirmed by the Court but the wife contended that the agreement was coerced upon her and that upon execution data on the extent of the assets was hidden from her. The Court accepted the motion and annulled the contract […]

A company sought to dismiss a CEO who had served more than 200 days in the reserves and applied to approve his dismissal before the Employment Committee. After the committee approved his dismissal, the CEO claimed that there were flaws in the committee’s decision and that the approval given to his dismissal should be revoked. […]

A public company engaged in oil drilling reported to the stock exchange the discovery of oil marks, but omitted from the report information relevant to the economics of the production, even though it had it and which it is obligated to publish under the Securities Law. The Court rejected the plaintiff’s contention due to the […]

A company that was engaged in providing evacuation services to a hotel for coronavirus patients during the pandemic on behalf of the State refused to evacuate an ill woman on the grounds that her clothing was not sufficiently modest. The Court accepted the woman’s claim for sexual harassment and prohibited discrimination. Israeli law stipulates that […]

A lessee announced the termination of the lease agreement after the lessor breached its obligations to repair defects in the leased property. The Court accepted the claim and held that the agreement was duly terminated and that the lessee is to be compensated. When agreement is materially breached the harmed party may terminate it, while […]

The tenders committee disqualified a bidder due to a concern of a conflict of interest, without discussing the possible alternatives for neutralizing the alleged conflict of interest. The Court for Administrative Affairs accepted the bidder’s petition and ordered the cancellation of the tenders committee decision and the reversion of the hearing to the tenders committee […]

A person fell into debt due to an act of fraud and as a result he and his spouse were required to sell their joint home. The Court rejected the spouse’s contention and held that the “community property presumption” applies to this debt. Spouses’ assets are governed by the “community property presumption”, which is based […]

25 of the 69 limited partners in an Israeli limited partnership that holds a string of rights in an income-producing property in Germany demanded the general partner to dissolve the partnership.  The limited partner objected, contending that the partnership agreement contains a closed list of cases in which the partnership may be dissolved. The Court […]

A married couple signed a separation agreement that stated that each had no financial claims against the other, but despite this they remained married and did not officially divorce.  The husband passed without leaving a will. The Court accepted the motion of the wife to inherit her past-spouse due to the existence of a marital […]

A former bakery worker entered into lease agreements with the bakery owners, in which he undertook not to sell baked goods made by him in the local council and its environs for an extended period of time after the end of the lease. The Court accepted the motion and held that the tenant may sell […]

An agreement regarding the sharing of a land that was not recorded as a condominium was executed between parties   One of the parties contended that the yards on the land should also be divided equally between them. The Court held that the yards must remain a shared property.  Israeli law stipulates that in a house […]