Posts by Doron Afik

The Tel Aviv Municipality can renovate a building and then demand payment from the rights holders.

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The Tel Aviv Municipality demanded that apartment owners in the building renovate the building in which the apartments they own are located, and in the process also demanded that the shape of the windows on the building’s facade be unified, claiming that…

A check of right can be restricted when the identity of the debtor is important or when the check may materially harm the other party.

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The owner of an insurance company and an insurance agent entered into an agreement to use the agent’s number for the purpose of selling insurance policies and handling customers, while dividing the profits between them. After the owner waived his rights under…

That they won’t pull the rug for you, pump you up, fish you out, or pump your pool

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It is a well-known fact that the digital currency market is fertile ground for fraud. As in any situation where there is great profit potential on the one hand, and a lack of regulation and regular legislation on the other, the digital…

A real estate transaction based on a false registration will not be voided if the purchaser carried out the transaction in good faith.

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Heirs who sought to register the land they inherited in the Land Registry discovered that their land was sold not by the true owner and based on a forged probate order. The court accepted the claim in part, due to non-compliance with…

A tenant who continues to live in a rental property despite ‘defects’ and does not act to minimize his damage may lose his entitlement to compensation.

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A tenant who vacated the apartment about two and a half months after the rental period had already ended demanded a 20% reduction in the rent due to an ‘insect infestation’ that prevented him from making reasonable use of the apartment. The…

The prohibition on having a conflict of interest will also apply to an external consultant who lacks operational authority.

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An attorney who served as an external consultant to a local authority in a tender simultaneously provided services to one of the tender participants. The Supreme Court ruled that the external consultant is in a conflict of interest situation. The conflict of…

A clause restricting an employee’s occupation is not valid in the absence of conditions that justify it.

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An employer claimed that a former employee violated a non-employment clause by starting work for a competitor and taking trade secrets with him. The court dismissed the claim due to the absence of a valid contractual obligation not to compete. A restriction…

Drafting a foreign jurisdiction clause in a contract that is not in clear and unambiguous language will lead to its invalidity.

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An Israeli company insured by a foreign insurance company filed a lawsuit in Israel against the insurer for breach of the insurance contract, despite the existence of a foreign jurisdiction clause in the insurance policy. The court rejected the insurer’s position and…

Negative advertising that can be attributed to a specific person even if their name did not appear in the advertisement may be considered defamation.

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A post accompanied by photos in a “closed” WhatsApp group of a communal settlement accused one of the residents of using public water and electricity resources to wash his private car without any permission. The post did not mention the resident’s name.…

When the director goes into a frenzy because your database was hacked

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In October 2021, a number of Israeli databases were hacked, the most notorious of which was the database of the gay dating software, Atraf (the Israeli equivalent of Grindr, which took its place when it collapsed). In an instant, highly sensitive personal…