International Litigation and Commerce – from an ISRAELI Perspective
ליטיגציה בינלאומית וסחר בינלאומי – מנקודת מבט ישראלית
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The Tel Aviv Magistrates Court has announced that it will soon begin, on a pilot basis, the video-recording of hearings in civil cases. The court’s announcement emphasized that the recording services will be without charge to any of the litigants. Only six of the dozens of judges on the
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תופעת ה-ADR (יישוב סכסוכים באמצעות בוררות או גישור) התחילה בארה”ב בשנות השמונים, ורק לאחר כעשור אומצה בישראל. ישנם עורכי-דין ישראלים שטוענים שמדיניות ה- ADR בארץ הפכה לחזון נפרץ – אולי נפרץ מידי – בבתי משפט בישראל (ובמיוחד בתל-אביב). מזה שנים רבות יריית הפתיחה בישיבת קדם המשפט הראשונה בכל תיק
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לאחרונה בית משפט מדינתי בעיר ניו-יורק (בתיק 655213/2016) אכף פסק-דין ישראלי בסך של 16 מיליון ₪ שניתן כנגד תושב ניו-יורקי. הפסק הישראלי ניתן בהקשר של סכסוך בנוגע לבעלות בנכסי נדל”ן בארה”ב. בנוסף למתן פסק לפיו על הנתבע לשלם 16 מיליון ₪, נקבע ע”י בית המשפט המחוזי במחוז המרכז (לוד)
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Israel is a pro-arbitration jurisdiction. But even in a pro-arbitration jurisdiction, when a dispute arises between parties to an arbitration agreement, sometimes one party attempts to avoid its contractual commitment to arbitrate. If the agreement does not include a mechanism for the appointment of the arbitrator by a third
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This is our third (and presumably final) post regarding the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision in JSC VTB Bank v. Margolis (Civil Appeal 1948/15, March 6, 2017). Our first post dealt primarily with the Russia-related issues from the JSC case, and our second post dealt with the Court’s express holding that, for purposes of
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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.
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Case law sometimes chips away at well recognized general rules, and it appears that, with respect to the general rule of enforcing forum selection clauses, Israeli district courts are doing their fair share of chipping — at least insofar as online contracts are concerned. Background: As noted in our
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Although Israeli courts tend to take a pro-recognition approach to non-Israeli judgments, it is unusual for an Israeli court to issue a 38-page decision when adjudicating such a matter. At the same time, not every day does a non-Israeli judgment creditor seek to enforce a foreign judgment in excess