According to the bill approved by the Knesset, couples who paid for an event that was canceled due to the corona will get the money back if they failed to reach agreements with the hall owner. The proposal entered into force on January 1, 2021 and will apply to events scheduled from March 12, 2020 and for which the contracts were signed before the Corona period.
Following this, the Association of Ballroom and Event Garden Owners in Israel, which represents about 550 ballroom and ballroom owners, petitioned the High Court to intervene in the issue, given the immediate financial implications of the law on their financial situation.
In a hearing held yesterday The High Court decided not to intervene in the law, but gave an opening for agreement between the couples and the owners of the halls. The decision means that the law will not apply in cases of agreement between the parties on events determined before the corona crisis.
Aviram Alon, CEO of the Association of Hall Owners: “The High Court accepted our position that the law will not apply in cases of pre-crisis agreements. The High Court understood that there is a problem in interpreting the law and therefore ruled that agreements reached by the parties after 12.3.2020 will not apply to them. The law. “
On behalf of the headquarters of the struggle of the couples whose marriage was canceled due to the corona plague, it was stated: “The headquarters is happy with the High Court’s decision to reject the petition. In light of the decision, we expect the owners of the halls to return the money legally and soon. “
Meanwhile, the Mehadrin Halls Association Forum yesterday addressed the Prime Minister demanding to approve the opening of the halls immediately and not to wait until March 7 according to the original exit plan from the closure. “These days, when all sectors of the economy return to routine largely in accordance with the decisions made by the government and the Corona Cabinet under your leadership, the wedding industry, which is the most critical on the one hand and the safest on the other, has been forgotten,” the hall owners write.