An honest go or no-go
A written assessment of realistic appellate prospects before fees are spent — including the recommendation not to appeal when the record will not carry it.
Appeals
One more court, a colder read, and a clock already running.
Civil appeals and leave-to-appeal proceedings in Israel, up to the Supreme Court: Aun & Co. drafts and argues appellate briefs built for a reviewing judge's eye.
An appeal is a different discipline from a trial. The appellate court reads a closed record, defers to the trial judge on facts and credibility, and reverses mainly for errors of law or findings the record cannot carry. In Israel, judgments are appealed as of right within a strict window — generally 60 days — while interlocutory decisions require leave to appeal on tighter timelines still. The firm's appellate work starts by answering one question honestly: is there an appellate error here, or only a disappointing result.
The work spans
- Civil appeals to the district courts and the Supreme Court of Israel
- Leave-to-appeal applications against interlocutory decisions
- Respondent work: defending judgments won below
- Stay of execution pending appeal
- Independent appellate assessment of trial-court judgments
- Judgment arrived against you and the 60-day window is already being consumed by shock.
- An interlocutory decision just reshaped your case and leave to appeal is the only route.
- You won below and the other side's appeal needs a respondent's brief that ends the matter.
- You want an honest, independent read on whether an appeal is worth its cost before committing.
The judgment is dissected finding by finding: which rest on credibility (near-untouchable), which on documents (reviewable), which on law (the appeal's real ground). The brief is then built around two or three errors argued deeply, within the page limits the rules impose, rather than ten argued thinly. Trial counsel's attachment to every argument is respectfully retired — the appellate court's patience is the scarcest resource in the case.
04 · What you get
Errors, not grievances
The brief argues reviewable error under the correct standard, the only currency an appellate court trades in.
Execution managed
Stay applications and security weighed immediately, so winning the appeal is not preceded by paying the judgment.
The firm has acted where a first-instance judgment rested on a documentary interpretation contradicted by the exhibits themselves. The appeal isolated that single reviewable error, argued it against the record page by page, and left the credibility findings untouched.
Described in abbreviated, anonymised form to preserve client confidentiality.
How long do I have to appeal a civil judgment in Israel?
Generally 60 days from service of the judgment, for both appeals as of right and leave-to-appeal applications; court recesses can affect the count. The period is enforced strictly — extension is exceptional, so the clock governs everything.
Can I appeal a district-court judgment to the Supreme Court of Israel?
Yes — a judgment given by the district court at first instance is appealable as of right to the Supreme Court. Where the district court sat as an appellate court, a further appeal requires leave, granted sparingly for questions of public or legal importance.
What are the chances of overturning factual findings on appeal?
Low by design. Appellate courts rarely disturb findings based on witness credibility. Findings drawn from documents and undisputed facts are reviewed more freely — which is why appellate strategy hunts for documentary error first.