Posts by Doron Afik

A representation made at the pre-contractual stage may bind the party that made it even if the representation is not included in the final contract.

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A shareholder sought to separate from the other shareholders by means of a forced sale of his shares due to his being disadvantaged by the other shareholders. The shareholder argued that the value of his shares should be calculated according to the…

A notarized will requires that the testator receive a translation into a language he understands if he does not speak Hebrew.

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A deaf mute who does not officially speak sign language signed a will prepared by this notary without it being properly translated for him by a sign language interpreter in a manner consistent with his understanding. The court annulled the will due…

A written document containing material details may be recognized as a real estate sale agreement even though it was not signed.

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Upon a man’s death, his wife discovered that his ownership of a plot of land that he had purchased from his cousins ​​was not registered. The cousins ​​had avoided signing the agreement even though the consideration had been paid. The court ruled…

Managing a foreign company from Israel may create a constructive presence in Israel for the purpose of suing in Israel

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An employee demanded his salary from both the company he worked for, its parent company, and the grandparent company, which is a Swiss company, and claimed that the mere delivery of the claim to the two Israeli companies also constitutes delivery to…

Publishing instructional videos for hacking a blocked website may constitute copyright infringement.

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A YouTube channel operator uploaded videos explaining how to access the “Serod” website, which hosts links for illegal direct viewing of works, in which he instructed the public on how to circumvent the blocking orders issued by courts in Israel and the…

Stock exchange rules may back down from the need to sell a company’s listed skeleton to pay its creditors

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A company requested that the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange not declare it a shell company so that it could sell the stock exchange skeleton to pay its creditors from the sale proceeds, as this would mean reducing trading on the stock exchange…

Deviation from the compensation policy will be examined according to the role actually performed by the position holder and not its formal definition.

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A public company entered into an employment agreement with an employee for the position of CEO. In practice, he was assigned to perform the duties of the company’s previous CEO, president, and chairman, and on the other hand, the compensation he was…

A developer may be eligible for tax relief to the extent that he builds space intended for renting residential apartments.

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A construction developer claimed that he was entitled to a tax benefit in relation to the entire area of ​​the building that was approved as a new building for residential rental, and not just in relation to the part of the building…

A party negotiating in bad faith may bear the costs of conducting negotiations and the loss of future profits.

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A party to the negotiations announced just four hours before the signing of an agreement to operate a gas station that it had not found partners and therefore withdrew from its intention to enter into the agreement. The gas supplier demanded compensation…

When a broker does not conduct business transparently, the other party to the agreement may advance a transaction through another broker.

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Two parties entered into a cooperation agreement to supply medical equipment to the Hungarian government, but after a preliminary conversation, the intermediary made it clear to the supplier that Hungary had “fallen out of step.” The equipment supplier contacted another intermediary and…