For 40 years, it was a procedure in the enforcement offices that payments due from debtors were paid exclusively by the debtor's own means of payment - cash, check or credit card.
But there was an absurdity in this procedure, as these are debtors who are sometimes entangled in heavy debts from all sides, and these means of payment are not available to them.
Attorney Yosef Weizman, head of the Bar Association's Liaison Office and chairman of the Bar Association's Public Relations Committee, waged a long and drawn-out struggle to allow lawyers to pay the taxpayers' debt in the pockets of the lawyers representing them.
""This option," said Attorney Weizman, "will make it possible to shorten processes and conclude cases in the Hochsalv in a much easier and more convenient way for debtors. The lawyer knows how to ensure the debtor's payment, he is the one who will arrange the payment with the Hochsalv system and free the debtor from litigation with the system - and at a later stage will settle matters with his client.".
In recent days, Attorney Weizman warned the Chamber of the Attorney General that if the issue is not resolved immediately, he will petition the court.
By virtue of his position as chairman of the Bar Association's Committee on the Protection of Human Rights, Adv. Weizman receives many inquiries on the subject, and therefore he understood that there is a legal torture that harms a broad population.
Yesterday (Monday) his application was received, and the Hozlap office issued a statement that the procedures would change, and that in the coming days, a detailed instruction will be issued to all Hozlap offices with an update to the procedures.
Attorney Weizman summarizes his fight in one sentence: "It has been proven once again that with determination and perseverance, it is possible to change procedures that seemingly seem like a decree from heaven.".
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