The Supreme Court of Israel (https://supreme.court.gov.il/) through the video conference system successfully held court sessions on Civil Case 46497-11-20 with the participation of A.T. Legal Head of Department Lyubov Bozhenko. The court dispute touched upon the issues of two jurisdictions: Russia and Israel, in terms of civil, family, labor, tax and financial law. Due to the complexity of the case the dispute was transferred by the Tel Aviv District Court to the Supreme Court of Israel.

Lubov Bozhenko, a lawyer of the defendants, conducted a transaction between individuals in the Russian Federation, on the basis of which real estate was acquired in Russia and by way of trust in Israel. The lawyer, as the representative of the party, concluded some of the transactions on the acquisition of property in Israel by herself.

When the time came to transfer the property to the beneficiary, the attorney decided not to return the property, but to dispose of it in his own favor, and to declare the beneficiary incompetent by filing various lawsuits in the courts in Russia.

At the same time, the attorney, wishing to be the owner of the property in Israel as well, filed a lawsuit in Israel to invalidate the property transfer transactions on the grounds of misrepresentation, fraud and falsification of documents, as well as litigation in Russia that had begun.

The case fully succeeded in gathering all necessary evidence, including proof of authenticity of documents, compliance with Russian and Israeli law, observance of public order, attracting witnesses from Russia and Israel, proving the established indisputable pattern of behavior of the parties in the transaction in Russia and Israel, which was accepted by the Supreme Court.

At the moment it is impossible to familiarize with the decision, since it takes the court more than 4 months to make it. After its publication, the decision will be available at the link.