Practice areas
Choose the closest category. Each page explains a general path and does not decide your case.
General information only, under Israeli law. Not legal advice and not a substitute for individual review.
Bodily injury
Bodily injury can occur in an accident, a public place, at work or in other circumstances. Not every injury creates a cause of action, and not every path fits every case.
Road accidents
In Israel, compensation for bodily injury in a road accident is governed mainly by the Road Accident Victims Compensation Law. Fault usually does not have to be proved in order to review eligibility under the statute, but the event still has to fall within the statutory definition.
Medical malpractice
An unwanted medical outcome, a complication or a late diagnosis is not in itself malpractice. A general review asks whether a duty of care existed, whether there was a departure from a reasonable standard, whether damage was caused, and whether there is causation — each case on its own facts.
National Insurance
The National Insurance Institute operates separate paths — for example general disability or work injury. Each path is an independent process, with its own forms, boards and appeals. A refusal or a missed filing is not the end of the matter, and it also does not guarantee a change.
Workplace accidents and employer liability
A workplace injury may open more than one path: a National Insurance work-injury process, and sometimes a civil-liability review toward an employer or a third party. The paths are not the same, and one does not automatically replace the other.
Student accidents
A student’s injury at school, on a trip or in an educational activity may raise questions of student insurance, institutional responsibility or another path. Each case depends on the facts, the child’s age and the relevant insurance arrangements.
Personal insurance claims
A personal policy — for example personal-accident cover, loss of earning capacity or another cover — is reviewed according to the policy wording, the exclusions and the facts. An insurer’s refusal is not the end of the review, and it also does not prove that the insurer was wrong.
Long-term care claims
A long-term care claim may proceed against a private long-term care policy or on an institutional path, depending on the facts. Entitlement depends on the definitions, functional records and the review process of the relevant body.
Defamation
Not every hurtful statement is defamation, and not every publication justifies a proceeding. A general review looks at the content, the context, the channel and the possible defences under the law.