The New Class Actions Law
A few months ago the Israeli Carriage by Air Law - 1980 was amended by applying the Montreal Convention to international and domestic carriage. The amendment will come into force on 20th March 2011, following a publication in the official gazette by the Foreign Ministry stating that the Montreal Convention will now apply in Israel. Further detales.
On 3rd April 2011 Levitan, Sharon & Co. held their D&O Seminar at the Dan Hotel in Tel Aviv. Further detales.
Further detales.
On 6th September 2011 the Israeli Commissioner of Insurance published draft guidelines for insurance programmes sold in Israel. The guidelines impose on insurers a wide duty of disclosure and clarity in drafting the wording of policies. Further detales.
Rachel Levitan has recently written the Israeli chapters in two insurance related Publication: "Insurance Portfolio Transfers: Move and Let Go", published by the International Bar Association and "Time bar in Insurance and Reinsurance" published by Clyde & Co.
In a recent judgement (June 2011) the Court of Appeals handed down its decision in C.A. 1228/08 Molram Hoist & Lifting Equipment & others v. Bituach Haklai Ltd. & others which dealt with the question relating to the cover of Consequential Losses afforded by the product liability policy. Further detales.
According to the Israeli Supreme Court, once the claim of the living injured to damages for loss of earnings in the "lost years" is recognised as valid - also the right of the estate of the deceased to such damages should be recognised.
By Adv. Rachel Levitan and Adv. Dror Zamir
Israeli Courts have dealt with the issue of “Conflict of Laws” in numerous cases, mainly due to the geographic proximity between the State of Israel and the West Bank, and the interdependency of Palestinian and Israeli markets. Until the year 2000 tens of thousands of Palestinians were employed in the West Bank (where Jordanian law applies) by Israeli Companies, and in Israel (where the Israeli law applies). Hence, the Court has often been called upon to decide which law is properly applicable to the accident, and accordingly, what reliefs are available to the parties.
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