The mainstream Courts of Justice in Thailand are the Courts of First Instance (“CFI”), the Appeal Courts (“AC”), and the Supreme Court (“SC”).  Thailand also has specialized courts, such as the Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, the Tax Court, the Labor Court, the Administrative Court and the Constitutional Court. If a party to a... Read More

On 5th January 2021, the Office of the Judiciary issued its Notification on Bail Requests through Information Technology Platform (“Notification”) setting out the requirements and the procedures for submitting online bail requests (“Request”) and appeals related to the Request through the CIOS system by the alleged offender of a criminal offence and the accused in... Read More

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