The Land Taxation Law (Valuation and Acquisition), Amendment No. 73, 2012

After the purchasers had paid a significant portion of the agreed consideration under a sales contract for a second-hand apartment, the sellers became embroiled in divorce proceedings.  As a result of the dispute, the wife refused to hand over possession of the property on the agreed date.  Despite the husband’s attempts to evict the wife […]

Following a family dispute, a father moved to evict his son from a residential apartment in his ownership after the son and his family resided in the property for years without payment of consideration and without a written agreement. The Court granted the eviction claim.  A commitment to grant a gift in real estate is […]

A brother and sister, who received three apartments from their father as a gift and recorded them under joint ownership, signed a partition agreement.  Under the agreement, they transferred rights to one another to establish exclusive ownership of each apartment (“distribution in kind”), but refused to pay a betterment levy, contending that the transfer was […]

A Seller of rights in a plot (acquired from a receiver) undertook to complete the recording of the rights in his name within 40 days but the recording was affected only after six years.  The purchasers demanded the full liquidated damages stipulated in the contract (ILS 150,000), which constituted approximately 28% of the transaction value. […]