On 18th September 2020, the President of the Supreme Court issued the President of the Supreme Court Regulation on Electronic Trial Procedure B.E. 2563 (“Regulation”) to govern electronic Court trial proceedings.  This regulation became effective from 1st October 2020. Some major principles of the Regulation are summarized as follows:- 1.   Any party wishing to proceed... Read More

Effective from 7th November 2020, a party to a dispute can file a petition with the Court for a Court order of a pre-case filing mediation.  This is made possible by Section 20 ter of the Civil Procedure Code as latest amended by the Act on Amendment of Civil Procedure Code (No. 32) B.E. 2563... Read More

On 17th July 2020, the Thailand Arbitration Center (“THAC”) issued its Rules on Alternative Dispute Resolution Online Proceedings B.E. 2563 (A.D. 2020) (“Online ADR Rules”) to replace its Rules on Electronic ADR Proceedings for Electronic Transactions B.E. 2558 (A.D. 2015) covering all the online proceedings (negotiation, mediation and arbitration) effective from 1st August 2020.  Its... Read More

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Thailand issued and implemented a number of medical, social and legislative measures to contain the infection cases and the death toll starting in January 2020.  On 25th March 2020, the Thai Government declared the state of emergency to lockdown the country effective from 26th March 2020 to 30th April... Read More

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, on 24th April 2020, the Thai Arbitration Institute (TAI) issued its Arbitration Rules on E-Arbitration B.E. 2563 (“Rules”) to improve efficiency and practicality of its e-arbitration system (TAI EASY System).  The Rules repealed and replaced its predecessor Arbitration Rules on E-Arbitration B.E. 2562. 1.   Registration Parties or their authorized... Read More