Land Tax Law (amendment 70), 2011

An investor in a real-estate project in Mexico was given a personal guarantee from the shareholders that the land is owned by the selling company. Following legal proceedings in Mexico, it turned out in hindsight that the real owner of the land was a third party and the selling company lost its rights to the […]

Realtors sought a commission of approximately ILS 9 million for a transaction for the sale of a plot in Tel Aviv with an area of approximately 45 dunams, even though the transaction was concluded and executed two years after the negotiations between the sellers and the buyers were terminated. The Court rejected the claim of […]

A woman contended that she is entitled to half of all her late husband’s assets, including assets he inherited from his father, pursuant to the presumption of joint ownership which determines an equal division between spouses who maintained a shared lifestyle. The Court held that the woman is entitled to half of the rights in […]

A lessee gave checks to the attorney of the apartment owner, an elderly woman under nursing care, for the rent, without specifying the name of the payee. A month prior the end of the lease, the lessee located a potential tenant to replace him under the agreement terms, but when he reached to get the […]