diff --git a/.claude/agents/legal-analyst.md b/.claude/agents/legal-analyst.md
index 0b13820..90f277d 100644
--- a/.claude/agents/legal-analyst.md
+++ b/.claude/agents/legal-analyst.md
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ tools:
 **טענות סף** (אם קיימות):
 חוסר סמכות, שיהוי, התיישנות, אי-מיצוי הליכים, חוסר יריבות, מעשה בית דין — הצג כל אחת עם עמדת שני הצדדים. לכל טענת סף הוסף **עמדת ועדת הערר** (שדה ריק ליו"ר). אם אין — כתוב: "לא זוהו טענות סף."
 
+**מבנה השדות — זהה לזה של הסוגיות:** כל טענת סף היא H3 משלה, והשדות בתוכה נכתבים בתחילת שורה (`**טענה (claim):**`) — **לא** כפריטי רשימה (`- **טענה (claim):**`) ולא בכותרת מעוטרת. השדה `**עמדת ועדת הערר:**` נכתב בשורה נפרדת והערך מתחתיו. זהו השדה שדפנה עורכת ישירות מה-UI — סטייה מהפורמט מסתירה אותו ואת יתר השדות של אותה טענה מהמסך.
+
 **תקן ביקורת**: ציין את תקן הביקורת של הוועדה בתיק זה — "הוועדה מפעילה שיקול דעת תכנוני עצמאי" (ברישוי) או "הוועדה בוחנת את תקינות השומה המכרעת" (בהיטל השבחה) או תקן אחר לפי סוג ההליך.
 
 **מפת דרכים**: לאחר זיהוי טענות הסף ולפני הדיון בסוגיות — כתוב פסקת מפה: "X שאלות עומדות להכרעה: (1)...; (2)...; (3)..." — כדי שהקורא ידע מראש מה לצפות.
@@ -347,7 +349,18 @@ wakeup ל-CEO עם `payload.issueId=$PAPERCLIP_TASK_ID` ו-`reason="מנתח מ
 1. ...
 
 ## 5. טענות סף
-[אם קיימות — כולל שאלות משפטיות + עמדת ועדת הערר לכל טענה]
+[אם אין — "לא זוהו טענות סף." אם יש — טענה אחת לכל H3, במבנה הזה:]
+
+### ס-1 — [כותרת הטענה] ([מי מעלה])
+
+**טענה (claim):** ...
+**תשובה (response):** ...
+**שאלה משפטית:** ...
+
+**עמדת ועדת הערר:**
+[ימולא ע"י יו"ר הוועדה]
+
+### ס-2 — ...
 
 **תקן ביקורת:** [שיקול דעת עצמאי / בחינת תקינות השומה / אחר]
 
diff --git a/mcp-server/src/legal_mcp/services/research_md.py b/mcp-server/src/legal_mcp/services/research_md.py
index 49287d0..79a0b4b 100644
--- a/mcp-server/src/legal_mcp/services/research_md.py
+++ b/mcp-server/src/legal_mcp/services/research_md.py
@@ -43,8 +43,18 @@ SUBSECTION_RE = re.compile(r"^###\s+(.+?)$", re.MULTILINE)
 # Matches "**LABEL:**" field markers — handles both inline and block variants:
 #   "**עמדת המבקשת:** Some text on same line"
 #   "**שאלות משפטיות:**\n1. First question"
+# and both the bare and the list-item form, because the analyst agent writes
+# threshold claims as a bullet list ("- **עמדת ועדת הערר:**") while it writes
+# issues bare. Group 1 is the list marker (or None), group 2 is the label.
 # The label itself must not contain ** or newlines.
-FIELD_LABEL_RE = re.compile(r"^\*\*([^\n*]+?):\*\*[ \t]*", re.MULTILINE)
+FIELD_LABEL_RE = re.compile(
+    r"^([ \t]*(?:[-*+]|\d+[.)])[ \t]+)?\*\*([^\n*]+?):\*\*[ \t]*",
+    re.MULTILINE,
+)
+
+# Terminators that end a field's content even without a following field label:
+# a heading, or a horizontal rule closing the subsection.
+FIELD_TERMINATOR_RE = re.compile(r"^(?:#{2,}[ \t]|[ \t]*---[ \t]*$)", re.MULTILINE)
 
 # Matches the case number in the H1
 CASE_NUMBER_RE = re.compile(r"#\s*ניתוח.*?ערר\s+([\d/\-]+)", re.MULTILINE)
@@ -53,6 +63,17 @@ CASE_NUMBER_RE = re.compile(r"#\s*ניתוח.*?ערר\s+([\d/\-]+)", re.MULTILIN
 DATE_RE = re.compile(r"^תאריך:\s*(.+?)\s*$", re.MULTILINE)
 
 
+def _is_chair_label(label: str) -> bool:
+    """Is this field label the chair-position field?
+
+    Matches on prefix, not equality, because the analyst sometimes decorates the
+    label with a parenthetical — "עמדת ועדת הערר (הכוונת יו"ר 24.6)". Requiring
+    equality made the reader treat those as ordinary fields and the writer append
+    a second, duplicate block instead of updating the existing one.
+    """
+    return label.strip().startswith(CHAIR_POSITION_LABEL)
+
+
 def _is_placeholder(text: str) -> bool:
     """Check if a field value is one of the placeholder strings (empty)."""
     stripped = text.strip()
@@ -135,7 +156,7 @@ def _extract_fields(text: str) -> list[dict]:
 
     fields = []
     for i, m in enumerate(matches):
-        label = m.group(1).strip()
+        label = m.group(2).strip()
         content_start = m.end()
         content_end = matches[i + 1].start() if i + 1 < len(matches) else len(text)
         content = text[content_start:content_end].strip()
@@ -164,11 +185,17 @@ def _build_subsection_dict(
         parts = title.split(": ", 1)
         display_title = parts[1] if len(parts) > 1 else title
 
+    # Only the *first* chair-position field is the editable one — the same one
+    # update_chair_position writes to. A subsection that carries more than one
+    # (e.g. an H3 covering "סוגיות 4–6") keeps the extras as ordinary fields
+    # rather than silently reading back a different field than the one saved.
     chair_position = ""
+    chair_seen = False
     regular_fields = []
     for f in fields:
-        if f["label"] == CHAIR_POSITION_LABEL:
+        if not chair_seen and _is_chair_label(f["label"]):
             chair_position = _normalize_chair_position(f["content"])
+            chair_seen = True
         else:
             regular_fields.append(f)
 
@@ -311,6 +338,46 @@ def _find_subsection_by_id(
     return None
 
 
+def _split_trailing_rule(body: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    """Split a subsection body into (content, trailing "---" separator).
+
+    Returns ("<body>", "") when the subsection has no closing rule.
+    """
+    m = re.search(r"\n[ \t]*---[ \t]*\s*\Z", body)
+    if not m:
+        return body, ""
+    return body[: m.start()], body[m.start() :]
+
+
+def _chair_field_span(body: str) -> tuple[int, int] | None:
+    """Locate the chair-position field's *content* range in a subsection body.
+
+    Returns (content_start, content_end) — the slice the chair's text occupies,
+    excluding the "**LABEL:**" marker itself so the marker line (and any list
+    bullet in front of it) survives an update untouched. Returns None when the
+    subsection has no chair-position field yet.
+
+    Field boundaries come from FIELD_LABEL_RE — the same definition the reader
+    uses — so what update writes is exactly what parse reads back (G2: one
+    definition of a field, not two that can drift).
+    """
+    matches = list(FIELD_LABEL_RE.finditer(body))
+    for i, m in enumerate(matches):
+        if not _is_chair_label(m.group(2)):
+            continue
+        content_start = m.end()
+        if i + 1 < len(matches):
+            content_end = matches[i + 1].start()
+        else:
+            content_end = len(body)
+        # A heading or closing rule ends the field even without a next label.
+        term = FIELD_TERMINATOR_RE.search(body, content_start, content_end)
+        if term:
+            content_end = term.start()
+        return content_start, content_end
+    return None
+
+
 def update_chair_position(
     file_path: Path, section_id: str, new_text: str
 ) -> dict[str, Any]:
@@ -330,40 +397,62 @@ def update_chair_position(
 
     _abs_start, _abs_end, subsection_body = found
 
-    # Find the "**עמדת ועדת הערר:**" label within this subsection
-    label_pattern = re.compile(
-        r"(\*\*" + re.escape(CHAIR_POSITION_LABEL) + r":\*\*)\s*\n?([^*]*?)(?=\n\*\*|\n##|\n---|\Z)",
-        re.DOTALL,
-    )
-    m = label_pattern.search(subsection_body)
-    if not m:
-        # Label not present — append it at the end of the subsection
-        # (just before the trailing --- if any)
-        new_block = f"\n\n**{CHAIR_POSITION_LABEL}:**\n{new_text.strip()}\n"
-        new_subsection = subsection_body.rstrip() + new_block
-        new_content = content[:_abs_start] + new_subsection + content[_abs_end:]
+    span = _chair_field_span(subsection_body)
+    body_text = new_text.strip() or CHAIR_POSITION_PLACEHOLDERS[0]
+
+    if span is None:
+        # Label not present — append it at the end of the subsection,
+        # before a trailing horizontal rule if there is one.
+        head, tail = _split_trailing_rule(subsection_body)
+        new_block = f"\n\n**{CHAIR_POSITION_LABEL}:**\n{body_text}\n"
+        new_subsection = head.rstrip() + new_block + tail
     else:
-        # Replace the existing content of the chair_position field
-        replacement = f"{m.group(1)}\n{new_text.strip() if new_text.strip() else CHAIR_POSITION_PLACEHOLDERS[0]}\n"
+        # Replace the existing content of the chair_position field, keeping the
+        # label line exactly as written (including any list marker) so the file
+        # structure the analyst produced is preserved.
+        content_start, content_end = span
         new_subsection = (
-            subsection_body[: m.start()] + replacement + subsection_body[m.end():]
+            subsection_body[:content_start].rstrip("\r\n \t")
+            + f"\n{body_text}\n"
+            + subsection_body[content_end:]
         )
-        new_content = content[:_abs_start] + new_subsection + content[_abs_end:]
+
+    new_content = content[:_abs_start] + new_subsection + content[_abs_end:]
 
     # Atomic write
     tmp_path = file_path.with_suffix(file_path.suffix + ".tmp")
     tmp_path.write_text(new_content, encoding="utf-8")  # noqa: STG1 — atomic .tmp; in-place edit, S3 re-sync in Phase-2 read-wiring
     os.replace(tmp_path, file_path)
 
-    preview = new_text.strip()[:120]
+    # Read-after-write: a position the parser cannot read back is not saved,
+    # however cleanly the write itself succeeded. Reporting success here is what
+    # let a whole class of format drift hide behind a green "נשמר" in the UI.
+    stored = _stored_chair_position(file_path, section_id)
+    expected = _normalize_chair_position(new_text)
+    if stored != expected:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f"העמדה נכתבה ל-{file_path.name} אך לא נקראה בחזרה עבור {section_id} "
+            f"— ככל הנראה מבנה השדה בקובץ חורג מהתבנית הצפויה"
+        )
+
     return {
         "saved": True,
         "section_id": section_id,
-        "preview": preview,
+        "position": stored,
+        "preview": stored[:120],
         "timestamp": datetime.now(IL_TZ).isoformat(),
     }
 
 
+def _stored_chair_position(file_path: Path, section_id: str) -> str:
+    """Re-parse the file and return the chair position now stored for a section."""
+    parsed = parse(file_path)
+    for item in parsed.get("threshold_claims", []) + parsed.get("issues", []):
+        if item["id"] == section_id:
+            return item.get("chair_position", "") or ""
+    return ""
+
+
 # ── Chair directions extraction (for downstream agents) ─────────
 
 
diff --git a/mcp-server/tests/test_research_md_chair_position.py b/mcp-server/tests/test_research_md_chair_position.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9ba3eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mcp-server/tests/test_research_md_chair_position.py
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+"""Chair-position round-trip in analysis-and-research.md.
+
+Regression cover for the reader/writer asymmetry that made "עמדת ועדת הערר"
+appear to save on threshold claims and then vanish on refresh: the writer
+matched the label anywhere on a line, the reader only at the start of one, and
+the analyst agent writes threshold claims as a bullet list
+("- **עמדת ועדת הערר:**") while it writes issues flush-left.
+
+The invariant these tests pin down: whatever update_chair_position writes,
+parse() must read back — for every label form that appears in the corpus.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from legal_mcp.services import research_md
+
+
+BULLETED = """# ניתוח משפטי — ערר 1069-04-26
+תאריך: 2026-08-02
+
+## 5. טענות סף
+
+### ס-1 — אי-מילוי תנאי ההפקדה
+- **טענה (claim):** התכנית אושרה מבלי שמולאו תנאי ההפקדה.
+- **שאלה משפטית:** האם הסטת התנאים פוגמת בחוקיות?
+- **עמדת ועדת הערר:** [ימולא ע"י יו"ר הוועדה]
+
+### ס-2 — זכות עמידה
+- **טענה (claim):** לעוררים אין אינטרס מוגן.
+- **עמדת ועדת הערר:** [ימולא ע"י יו"ר הוועדה]
+
+## 6. סוגיות להכרעה
+
+### סוגיה 1: סמכות לפי 62א(א)(11)
+
+**ניתוח:**
+- הכלל החל: ...
+
+**עמדת ועדת הערר:** [ימולא ע"י יו"ר הוועדה]
+
+---
+"""
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def analysis_file(tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
+    path = tmp_path / "analysis-and-research.md"
+    path.write_text(BULLETED, encoding="utf-8")
+    return path
+
+
+def _positions(path: Path) -> dict[str, str]:
+    parsed = research_md.parse(path)
+    items = parsed["threshold_claims"] + parsed["issues"]
+    return {item["id"]: item["chair_position"] for item in items}
+
+
+# ── the reported bug ────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def test_bulleted_threshold_position_survives_a_reload(analysis_file: Path) -> None:
+    """The bug as chaim hit it: saved on a threshold claim, gone on refresh."""
+    research_md.update_chair_position(analysis_file, "threshold_1", "עמדתנו היא שהטענה נדחית.")
+
+    assert _positions(analysis_file)["threshold_1"] == "עמדתנו היא שהטענה נדחית."
+
+
+def test_flush_left_issue_position_still_round_trips(analysis_file: Path) -> None:
+    """The surface that already worked must keep working."""
+    research_md.update_chair_position(analysis_file, "issue_1", "יש לקבל את הערר בנקודה זו.")
+
+    assert _positions(analysis_file)["issue_1"] == "יש לקבל את הערר בנקודה זו."
+
+
+def test_bulleted_threshold_fields_are_parsed_at_all(analysis_file: Path) -> None:
+    """Bulleted labels were invisible to the reader — the whole claim looked empty."""
+    threshold = research_md.parse(analysis_file)["threshold_claims"]
+
+    labels = [f["label"] for f in threshold[0]["fields"]]
+    assert "טענה (claim)" in labels
+    assert "שאלה משפטית" in labels
+    # the chair field is surfaced separately, never as a regular field
+    assert not any(research_md._is_chair_label(label) for label in labels)
+
+
+# ── writer/reader agreement on content boundaries ───────────────
+
+
+def test_position_containing_markdown_is_not_truncated(analysis_file: Path) -> None:
+    """The old writer stopped the field at the first '*' and swallowed the rest."""
+    text = 'העמדה כוללת **הדגשה** וגם קו --- באמצע\nושורה שנייה.'
+    research_md.update_chair_position(analysis_file, "issue_1", text)
+
+    assert _positions(analysis_file)["issue_1"] == text
+
+
+def test_update_does_not_touch_sibling_subsections(analysis_file: Path) -> None:
+    research_md.update_chair_position(analysis_file, "threshold_1", "ראשונה")
+    research_md.update_chair_position(analysis_file, "threshold_2", "שנייה")
+
+    positions = _positions(analysis_file)
+    assert positions["threshold_1"] == "ראשונה"
+    assert positions["threshold_2"] == "שנייה"
+    assert positions["issue_1"] == ""
+
+
+def test_closing_rule_and_bullet_marker_are_preserved(analysis_file: Path) -> None:
+    """An update must not restructure the file the analyst produced."""
+    research_md.update_chair_position(analysis_file, "threshold_1", "עמדה")
+    research_md.update_chair_position(analysis_file, "issue_1", "עמדה")
+    content = analysis_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+    assert "- **עמדת ועדת הערר:**" in content
+    assert content.rstrip().endswith("---")
+
+
+def test_clearing_a_position_restores_the_placeholder(analysis_file: Path) -> None:
+    research_md.update_chair_position(analysis_file, "threshold_1", "עמדה")
+    research_md.update_chair_position(analysis_file, "threshold_1", "")
+
+    assert _positions(analysis_file)["threshold_1"] == ""
+    assert research_md.CHAIR_POSITION_PLACEHOLDERS[0] in analysis_file.read_text(
+        encoding="utf-8"
+    )
+
+
+def test_repeated_saves_do_not_accumulate_blocks(analysis_file: Path) -> None:
+    for text in ("ראשון", "שני", "שלישי"):
+        research_md.update_chair_position(analysis_file, "threshold_1", text)
+
+    content = analysis_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert content.count(f"**{research_md.CHAIR_POSITION_LABEL}:**") == 3
+    assert _positions(analysis_file)["threshold_1"] == "שלישי"
+
+
+# ── decorated and duplicated labels ─────────────────────────────
+
+
+def test_decorated_label_is_updated_not_duplicated(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """'עמדת ועדת הערר (הכוונת יו"ר 24.6)' appears in the corpus (8125-09-24)."""
+    path = tmp_path / "a.md"
+    path.write_text(
+        "## 6. סוגיות להכרעה\n\n"
+        "### סוגיה 1: כותרת\n\n"
+        '**עמדת ועדת הערר (הכוונת יו"ר 24.6):** [ימולא ע"י יו"ר הוועדה]\n',
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+
+    research_md.update_chair_position(path, "issue_1", "עמדה מעודכנת")
+
+    content = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert content.count(research_md.CHAIR_POSITION_LABEL) == 1
+    assert _positions(path)["issue_1"] == "עמדה מעודכנת"
+
+
+def test_duplicate_labels_read_back_the_one_that_was_written(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """An H3 covering several issues (1033-02-25) must not read a sibling's text."""
+    path = tmp_path / "a.md"
+    path.write_text(
+        "## 6. סוגיות להכרעה\n\n"
+        "### סוגיות 4–6: מקובצות\n\n"
+        "**עמדת ועדת הערר:** ראשונה\n\n"
+        "**עמדת ועדת הערר:** אחרונה\n",
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+
+    research_md.update_chair_position(path, "issue_1", "העמדה הנכונה")
+
+    assert _positions(path)["issue_1"] == "העמדה הנכונה"
+
+
+# ── read-after-write guard ──────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def test_update_returns_the_persisted_value(analysis_file: Path) -> None:
+    result = research_md.update_chair_position(analysis_file, "threshold_1", "  עמדה  ")
+
+    assert result["saved"] is True
+    assert result["position"] == "עמדה"
+
+
+def test_a_write_the_parser_cannot_read_back_is_reported_as_failure(
+    analysis_file: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+    """Regression guard: the bug hid behind a success response for months."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        research_md, "_stored_chair_position", lambda *_args: "משהו אחר"
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="לא נקראה בחזרה"):
+        research_md.update_chair_position(analysis_file, "threshold_1", "עמדה")
+
+
+# ── downstream consumers see the recovered positions ────────────
+
+
+def test_chair_directions_count_bulleted_positions(analysis_file: Path) -> None:
+    """extract_chair_directions feeds legal-writer; it under-reported before."""
+    research_md.update_chair_position(analysis_file, "threshold_1", "עמדה")
+
+    directions = research_md.extract_chair_directions(analysis_file)
+    assert directions["filled_count"] == 1
+    assert directions["status"] == "partial"
+    filled = [t for t in directions["threshold_claims"] if t["direction"]]
+    assert [t["id"] for t in filled] == ["threshold_1"]
+
+
+# ── the real corpus ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+CORPUS = sorted(
+    Path("/home/chaim/legal-ai/data/cases").glob(
+        "*/documents/research/analysis-and-research.md"
+    )
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not CORPUS, reason="case corpus not present on this host")
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("source", CORPUS, ids=lambda p: p.parts[-4])
+def test_every_corpus_subsection_round_trips(source: Path, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    sentinel = "עמדת-בדיקה — **הדגשה** ו---קו\nושורה שנייה."
+    before = _positions(source)
+
+    for section_id in before:
+        working = tmp_path / f"{section_id}.md"
+        working.write_text(source.read_text(encoding="utf-8"), encoding="utf-8")
+
+        research_md.update_chair_position(working, section_id, sentinel)
+        after = _positions(working)
+
+        assert after[section_id] == sentinel, f"{source.parts[-4]} {section_id}"
+        untouched = {k: v for k, v in after.items() if k != section_id}
+        assert untouched == {k: v for k, v in before.items() if k != section_id}
diff --git a/web-ui/src/components/compose/chair-editor.tsx b/web-ui/src/components/compose/chair-editor.tsx
index 5ce0b6c..e2ced86 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/components/compose/chair-editor.tsx
+++ b/web-ui/src/components/compose/chair-editor.tsx
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ export function ChairEditor({
     if (trimmed === lastSaved.current.trim()) return;
     setState({ kind: "saving" });
     try {
-      await mutate.mutateAsync({ sectionId, position: trimmed });
-      lastSaved.current = trimmed;
+      const res = await mutate.mutateAsync({ sectionId, position: trimmed });
+      /* Track what the backend read back, not what we sent — "✓ נשמר" must
+         mean "persisted and re-readable", or a later blur skips the save. */
+      lastSaved.current = res?.position ?? trimmed;
       setState({ kind: "saved", at: new Date() });
     } catch (e) {
       setState({
diff --git a/web-ui/src/lib/api/research.ts b/web-ui/src/lib/api/research.ts
index 3ad24b7..a71f019 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/lib/api/research.ts
+++ b/web-ui/src/lib/api/research.ts
@@ -59,20 +59,31 @@ export function useResearchAnalysis(caseNumber: string | undefined) {
   });
 }
 
+export type SaveChairPositionResult = {
+  saved: boolean;
+  section_id: string;
+  /** What the backend read back out of the file after writing — the truth. */
+  position: string;
+  timestamp?: string;
+};
+
 export function useSaveChairPosition(caseNumber: string | undefined) {
   const qc = useQueryClient();
   return useMutation({
     mutationFn: async (vars: { sectionId: string; position: string }) =>
-      apiRequest<unknown>(
+      apiRequest<SaveChairPositionResult>(
         `/api/cases/${caseNumber}/research/analysis/chair-position`,
         {
           method: "PATCH",
           body: { section_id: vars.sectionId, position: vars.position },
         },
       ),
-    onSuccess: (_res, vars) => {
+    onSuccess: (res, vars) => {
       /* Locally patch the cached analysis so other consumers stay in sync
-         without an immediate refetch that would steal focus from the editor. */
+         without an immediate refetch that would steal focus from the editor.
+         Cache the value the server read back, never the value we sent — the
+         two diverged silently while the parser could not see bulleted fields. */
+      const persisted = res?.position ?? vars.position;
       qc.setQueryData<ResearchAnalysis | undefined>(
         researchKeys.analysis(caseNumber ?? ""),
         (prev) => {
@@ -80,7 +91,7 @@ export function useSaveChairPosition(caseNumber: string | undefined) {
           const patch = (arr?: ResearchSubsection[]) =>
             arr?.map((s) =>
               s.id === vars.sectionId
-                ? { ...s, chair_position: vars.position }
+                ? { ...s, chair_position: persisted }
                 : s,
             );
           return {