Amendment to the Sales (Apartments) Law, dated March 30,

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 […]

A contractor was seven months late in delivering an apartment to the purchasers and refused to compensate them for the delay, contending that the delay was due, inter alia, to circumstances beyond its control such as: the Covid19 epidemic and delays on the part of the municipality. The Court accepted the claim and held that […]

In the addendum to a contract for the sale of an apartment, it was stipulated that the parking lots built by the company that sold the apartment shall be attached to the purchaser’s apartment by formal registration only, in exchange for a reduction in the price of the apartment. The Court held that the purchaser […]

A lessee unilaterally offset the cost of installing a central air conditioning system from its rent, contrary to the provisions of the lease agreement that prohibits this. As a result, the lessee was demanded to vacate the leased property. The Court accepted the eviction claim and held that the lessee breached the lease agreement and […]