International Litigation and Commerce – from an ISRAELI Perspective
ליטיגציה בינלאומית וסחר בינלאומי – מנקודת מבט ישראלית
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When an arbitrator acts improperly, the ADR community can either lament such conduct or – if it is stopped by a court – praise the court’s action. Or possibly both. In Case No. 9294-05-1 (Feb. 2, 2017), the District Court of Jerusalem recently rejected a claim brought by an
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We recently posted a partial summary of the March 6, 2017 judgment by Israel’s Supreme Court in JSC VTB Bank v. Margolis (Civil Appeal 1948/15, March 6, 2017), in which the Court enforced a series of (related) Russian judgments and addressed multiple issues arising under Israel’s Enforcement of Foreign
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Israel’s Supreme Court has long articulated a liberal interpretation of Israel’s Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Law (1958). See Encyclopedia of International Commercial Litigation (Israel Chapter) § B11.1. In the recent case of JSC VTB Bank v. Margolis (Civil Appeal 1948/15, March 6, 2017), the Supreme Court extended that liberal approach.