Adv. Geiron was elected on July 10 2007 and will serve as President for a term of four years (until July 2011).

The Israel Bar Association was established in 1961 as an autonomous statutory entity in order to incorporate the lawyers in Israel and to assure the standard and integrity of the legal profession.

Israel has embarked on a new mandatory mediation program that might put it in line with the most advanced countries in the world, as far as mediation goes. The new program, which will involve making all sides in civil cases involving claims on sums which exceed NIS 50,000 to hold one free mediation session before the trial begins, can be a real-life laboratory for this conflict resolving method.

The attached file is intended for lawyers from abroad that are interested in becoming members of the IsraelBar.

The Program enables the implementation of Section 3(2) of the Israel Bar Association Law, which stipulates that "The Bar Association is entitled, inter alia, to provide legal aid to those of limited means". Indeed, the objective of the program is to increase accessibility to the legal system, and to protect the rights of those who lack the means to hire professional legal services.

In order to ensure a high degree of uniformity, the European private company (Societas Privata Europaea (“SPE”)) will be governed by the mandatory provisions of the proposed Regulation, as opposed to national laws and, in respect of a number of matters.

A brief summary of the latest legal development in the field of Condominium housing in Thailand.