Compensation for Abuse of Legal Proceedings – Sample Claim

Court rulings recognized the possibility of receiving compensation for abuse of legal proceedings, and were not satisfied solely with the remedy of Deleting a claim or Deleting a defense, as stipulated in Regulation 42 of the Civil Procedure Regulations:

Deletion due to abuse of legal proceedings

42. If the court finds that a litigant has abused legal proceedings, it may, on this basis alone, strike out all or part of its pleadings.

To obtain damages for abuse of legal process, one must show that actual harm has been caused. The simplest harm to present is Lawyer's fees that the litigant is forced to pay to defend himself against Idle procedures that the opposing party took action against him.

However, the injured party can also claim that they suffered Non-pecuniary damages, such as Mental anguishIn such a case, the amount of compensation is expected to be lower in relation to monetary damage, but the court may still award compensation that may be significant (depending on the circumstances of the case).

In certain cases, a claim for damages for abuse of legal proceedings will be filed as a counterclaim.

A claim for damages for abuse of legal proceedings

In the matter:

The opposing plaintiff: שם ושם משפחה, ת"ז: _______________
__________________ Street 
ע"י עוה"ד אדי בליטשטיין (מ.ר. 60023) ו/או עוה"ד קארין ישראל
13 HaHagana St., Rishon LeZion (Yaron Miller Tower, Office 501) 
Tel: 03-6427876; Fax: 077-4704697

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The counter-defendants: 1. שם ושם משפחה, ת"ז: ________
2. שם ושם משפחה, ת"ז: ___________

Counterclaim

Essence of the claim:  Financial claim otherwise. 
Requested remedies: Monetary compensation in the amount of 250 thousand shekels; declaratory order. 
Court fee amount: 6250 ש"ח (3125 ש"ח במועד זה לפי תקנה 6(א) ופרט 1 לתקנות בתי המשפט (אגרות), תשס"ז -2007).
The existence of an additional procedure: __________

Summons

Whereas the counterclaimant filed Claim It's against you, you are welcome to submit Defense within 60 days From the date this invitation was presented to you.

Please note, if you do not submit Defense אזי לפי תקנה 130 לתקנות סדר הדין האזרחי, התשע"ט – 2018, תהיה לתובע שכנגד הזכות לקבל A verdict not before you.

All emphasis in the statement of claim is not in the original unless otherwise noted.

A concise description of the litigants

1. The opposing plaintiff is currently in proceedings. Insolvency, but received permission from the trustee and the court to conduct this lawsuit (see attached decisions below).
2. The 1st defendant has been inexplicably obsessively conducting futile proceedings against the 1st plaintiff (and only against him!) for many years. The basis for the futile proceedings is a contract agreement that the 1st plaintiff never signed.
3. Counter-Defendant 2 is the brother of the counter-plaintiff, and is the one who signed and/or extended the rental agreement and is responsible for the debts attributed to the counter-plaintiff.

The relief sought in summary

• The Honorable Court is hereby requested to order the following reliefs:
• A declaratory order determining that, as of 2020, counter-defendant 2 is the one who held the property subject to the agreement from January 1, 2017.
• The charge against the first defendant in the amount of 250 thousand shekels for the financial and non-financial damages he caused the second plaintiff over the years, through various futile proceedings he took against him.
• Any other relief as the Honorable Court may deem fit.

Summary of the facts necessary to establish the cause of action and when it arose

• בשנת 2017 נחתם הסכם שכירות בין שותפות ____________ לבין "_______________". בשלב מאוחר יותר הנתבע שכנגד 2 אישר בחתימתו את הארכת הסכם השכירות.
• Based on this agreement, which does not refer to the counterclaimant at all, the counterclaimant 1 has been conducting numerous futile proceedings against the counterclaimant for years, making his life miserable and causing him enormous financial expenses.
• Among other things, the bad faith conduct of Counter-Defendant 1 and/or his misuse of legal proceedings led to, or unfortunately contributed greatly to, the fact that Counter-Plaintiff 1 was forced to declare insolvency.
• The only reason that Counter-Defendant 1 has conducted and is conducting futile proceedings against Counter-Plaintiff is because Counter-Plaintiff has an asset that Counter-Defendant 1 wishes to take over in order to sell and cover the debts incurred by Counter-Defendant 2.
• Counter-Defendant 1 never took any action against the father of the counter-plaintiff and/or against Counter-Defendant 2, even though their details are detailed in the 2017 agreement, on which all the futile proceedings taken by Counter-Defendant 1 are based.

The facts that give the court jurisdiction

1. This is a counterclaim filed following a claim on behalf of counter-defendant 1, who based his claim on the nature and amount of the claim, as well as the location of the leased property.

Details of the allegations

1. On January 1, 2017, an unprotected lease agreement was signed between the following parties:

Appendix 1: The rental agreement is dated January 1, 2017.

1. כפי שניתן לראות הסכם השכירות נחתם בין "____________" לבין "_______________". שמו של התובע שכנגד אינו _____________, ומספר תעודת הזהות שלו אינו ________________.
2. The counterclaimant has never lived at the address ____________ Street. The legal status of the ________ partnership is unknown.
3. The father of the counterclaimant is called ________. His ID number is _____________. He lived at ____________. The signatures on this agreement are not those of the counterclaimant.
4. From this it is clear that the agreement was signed between the father of the opposing plaintiff and the partnership of ______.
5. בשנים 1998, 2005, 2006 כאשר התובע שכנגד היה מעורב בעסקו של אביו הוא אכן חתם על הסכמי שכירות עם מספר אנשים פרטיים (לרבות הנתבע שכנגד 1) וחברה בע"מ (למיטב הבנתו של התובע שכנגד המושג "שותפות ______" מתייחסת אליהם). כך נראו ההסכמים:

Appendix 2: Rental agreement dated 29.6.1998, rental agreement dated 1.10.2006, rental agreement dated 20.1.2005.

1. As can be seen without difficulty, when the counterclaimant signed the agreements, his name was explicitly recorded, and his ID number was indicated. His signature is also different from the signatures that appear on the agreement from 2017.
2. If that were not enough, on page 5 of the 2017 agreement, the second defendant is the one who approved the extension of the lease agreement starting in 2020:

1. למרות כל האמור לעיל, החל משנת 2021 הנתבע שכנגד 1 פועל בניגוד לדין, ותוך כדי שימוש לרעה בהליכי משפט ונוקט בהליכים שונים כנגד התובע שכנגד (הליך זה, ת"א ________ – ראו נספח ב' לכתב התביעה של הנתבע שכנגד 1), תפ"מ _________, תביעת חוב במסגרת הליכי חדלות פירעון אליהם נקלע התובע שכנגד.

Appendix 3: כתב תביעה בתפ"מ ________, תביעת חוב שהוגשה על ידי הנתבע שכנגד 1 שכוללת העתקים של כתבי תביעה שהוגשו על ידי הנתבע שכנגד 1.

• Beyond the fact that in all those claims initiated by Counter-Defendant 1, there is and was no rivalry between the Counter-Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant 1, in none of those claims were the Counter-Plaintiff's father and/or Counter-Defendant 2 sued, even though their details appear on the agreement and/or they approved the agreement and/or the extension of the validity of the agreement.
• Counter-Defendant 1 Conducting futile proceedings for many years against the opposing plaintiff But only because he wants to take control of the opposing plaintiff's apartment in order to sell it and pay off the debts created by the opposing defendant 2.. אחד מב"כ הנתבע שכנגד 1 חזר ואמר זאת הן לתובע שכנגד והן לנתבע שכנגד 2 בהזדמנויות שונות ורבות.
• For years, Counter-Defendant 1 has refrained from filing claims against the Counter-Plaintiff's father, and against Counter-Defendant 2, even though their details and signatures are listed on the contract agreement, Because they are without assets and the 1st defendant knows that the likelihood that he will be able to repay them is not high.
• בכל הכבוד הראוי לנתבע שכנגד 1, שכלל אינו רשאי לנהל את תביעותיו עקב חוסר יריבות בינו לבין התובע שכנגד, התנהלותו היא דוגמה קיצונית לשימוש לרעה בהליכי משפט, ומנוגדת לתקנות 3 – 5 לתקסד"א.
• פסיקת בית המשפט העליון הכירה באפשרות לתבוע בגין נזקים שנגרמו עקב שימוש לרעה בהליכי משפט. כך לדוגמה במסגרת רע"א 1968/22 דני אורדן, עו"ד (רו"ח) נ' יחיאל לוי (Published in Nevo, August 16, 2022):

"אכן, זה לא כבר קבע בית משפט זה, כי דוקטרינת השימוש לרעה בהליכי משפט עשויה לגבש עילה לתביעת פיצויים נגד "litigant Who commits an intentional act that constitutes an abuse of legal proceedings and thereby causes damage or loss to an opposing litigant" (ע"א 8553/19אלכסנדר אורן בע"מ נ' כהן, פסקה 28 לפסק דינו של השופט א' שטיין [פורסם בנבו] (17.11.2020); ההדגשה בקו תחתון הוספה)."

• באופן דומה נפסק גם במסגרת ע"א 8553/19 אלכסנדר אורן בע"מ נ' יהודית כהן (Published in Nevo, 11/17/2020):
• "I believe that The abuse doctrine authorizes the court to impose on those who abuse legal proceedings – alongside or instead of other sanctions – the obligation to compensate the injured party for their damages and losses.The existence of such a remedy for damages eliminates the need for the tort of negligence as a basis for imposing the obligation to compensate the injured party on someone who caused that injured party losses or damages by abusing legal proceedings.

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However, The War of Attrition Which was conducted, as it was conducted, under the direction of Ms. Cohen, It itself was an abuse of legal proceedings, which was done intentionally and which entails liability and liability for damages.…

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The doctrine of abuse of legal process, as its name suggests, is intended to prevent abuse of the proceedings as well as the rights and powers that the rules of procedure grant to litigants - in order to prevent waste of judicial time, minimize the overall social cost of litigation, and, and to protect litigants from improper and harmful conduct by their opponents. To achieve these goals, the doctrine authorizes the courts to impose various sanctions on litigants who abuse the proceedings. The purpose of these sanctions is to create a deterrent against abuse of the proceedings and to protect all litigants who are harmed by the abuse.."

• As stated above, the first defendant took many actions against the second plaintiff. While there was no rivalry between him and the opposing plaintiff. This is nothing less than a war of attrition on the part of the opposing defendant 1.
• Review of the court case In this proceeding, it will be revealed that Counter-Defendant 1 did not resort to measures and tried numerous times to obtain a judgment in the absence of a defense, even though the deadline for filing a defense on behalf of the Counter-Plaintiff had not yet passed and/or because Counter-Defendant 1 did not make a lawful delivery (see decisions dated 10.1.2023, 16.4.2023, 18.5.2023, 22.8.2023, 26.10.2023, 25.12.2023). In a decision dated October 26, 2023, the Honorable Court determined that, as a matter of law, no costs were imposed on the 1st defendant following his request, which emphasizes the Honorable Court's displeasure with his conduct. Exhausting and unlawful of the counter-defendant 1.
• From the numerous motions, it is clear that the first defendant is not only waging a war of attrition against the second plaintiff, but also against the Honorable Court, with the aim of obtaining a verdict in the absence of a defense contrary to law.
• מסגרת תפ"מ _________ הנתבע שכנגד 1 הגיש את תביעתו ביחד עם אנשים פרטיים נוספים שמהווים, כך להבנת התובע שכנגד, את שותפות __________ (על אף שבאותו הליך לא נכללה חברה בע"מ המפורטת בהסכמים משנים 1998, 2005, 2006).
• Not only is there not and was not a rivalry between the counter-plaintiff and the counter-defendant 1 in all the claims initiated by the counter-defendant 1, but also a review of the powers of attorney attached to these proceedings will reveal that the person who authorized the power of attorney of the counter-defendant 1 is the counter-defendant 1 himself, only, and not the partnership ________.
• Furthermore, it is not clear whether the ___________ partnership is a separate legal entity. If so, the ________ partnership should certainly have conducted the proceedings against the counterclaimant.
• אם שותפות ________ אינה ישות משפטית נפרדת הרי שהיה על כל החברים בה (לרבות החברה בע"מ) לנהל תביעות נגד התובע שכנגד 1.
• But even if the _________ partnership had filed the claims against the counterclaimant, this would not have solved the central problem in the claims of the 1st counterclaimant - the 1st counterclaimant did not sign the contract agreement in 2017, did not approve its extension, his details are not specified in the agreement (but rather the details of his father and the 2nd counterclaimant), and despite this, the 1st counterclaimant and/or the _________ partnership have never taken a single action against the 2nd counterclaimant's father and/or the 2nd counterclaimant, since, as stated, the 1st counterclaimant knows that he will not be able to get paid by them.
• The conduct of Counter-Defendant 1 caused the Counter-Plaintiff tremendous emotional distress, and there was even a significant deterioration in his medical condition, which was manifested in high blood pressure, the development of diabetes symptoms, etc. Counter-Defendant 1 is filing more and more claims/requests/responses/declarations as part of the insolvency proceedings, in which he is already demanding from the Counter-Plaintiff an amount exceeding 350 thousand shekels., but ultimately the trustee announced that she could not decide the parties' claims and the debt claim, and therefore a response was filed with the court allowing the counterclaimant to conduct legal proceedings relevant to counterdefendant 1.

Appendix 4: החלטות בית משפט מיום 6.10.2025 במסגרת חדל"פ _______, תגובת הנאמנת בתיק זה, הודעת דוא"ל מיום 12.11.2025.

• The dishonest conduct of Counter-Defendant 1 deprives the Counter-Plaintiff of sleep, as the entire intention of Counter-Defendant 1 is to take over Counter-Plaintiff 1's only apartment and sell it, even though the Counter-Plaintiff did not even sign the agreement in 2017.
• לאט לאט הנתבע שכנגד 1 מימש את מזימתו ואף הצליח לקבל פסק דין בהעדר הגנה כנגד התובע שכנגד 1 במסגרת ת"א __________ בטענה שכתב התביעה הומצא לבתו, וזאת בשעה שבתו כלל לא גרה עם התובע שכנגד (בעניין זה הוגשה כבר בקשה לביטול פסק דין שטרם הוכרעה).
• The counterclaimant believes that the Honorable Court should award very significant compensation to the counterclaimant 1, for the non-pecuniary damages of the counterclaimant, in view of the numerous proceedings that the counterclaimant 1 has taken, the long period of time during which the counterclaimant 1 has made the life of the counterclaimant miserable, and the real reason why the counterclaimant 1 is conducting the futile proceedings against the counterclaimant (an attempt to take over the counterclaimant's apartment).
• על מנת להתמודד עם הליכי סרק רבים אלה הנתבע שכנגד 1 נאלץ לשכור את שירותיה של ב"כ, עורכת הדין ______, לה הוא ו/או מי מטעמו שילמו לה עד כה סך של 26,440 ₪ מתוך 40,950 ₪. למען הסר ספק הנזק הממוני של התובע שכנגד בתביעה זו מתייחס לסך של 40,950 ₪.

Appendix 5: חשבוניות מס המעידות על תשלום לעוה"ד _______.

• לצורך ניהול הליך זה (ואת הגנתו של התובע שכנגד בהליך זה ובת"א ________) התובע שכנגד נאלץ לשכור את שירותיו של בא כוחו, עורך דין אדי בליטשטיין. חשבוניות המס בגין שירותי בא כוחו יגיש התובע שכנגד עם סיכומיו מכוח תקנה 155(א) לתקסד"א.

In conclusion

• In light of all of the above, the Honorable Court is hereby requested to summon the counter-defendants to a hearing before it and to rule as follows:
• the remedies detailed in this statement of claim.
• לחייב את הנתבעים שכנגד בתשלום הוצאות משפט ושכר טרחת עו"ד בתוספת מע"מ.
• To grant any other relief that the Honorable Court deems appropriate in the circumstances of the case.

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עו"ד אדי בליטשטיין
ב"כ התובע שכנגד