Plain-language legal knowledge from our attorneys, published for general information, not case-specific legal advice.
Severance, pay in lieu of notice, and damages for unfair dismissal are three separate sums resting on different statutes. Receiving the first two therefore does not answer the question about the third. The Supreme Court accepts restructuring as an adequate reason, but the restructuring has to be real and the selection of who goes has to follow some criteria.
Read articleA chat message, whether on LINE, Messenger, Instagram or any other channel, can satisfy the written-evidence requirement for a loan under Section 653 of the Civil and Commercial Code, read together with the Electronic Transactions Act. But the Supreme Court has made clear that qualifying as writing and bearing a signature is not enough: the words themselves must show that the money was lent.
Read articleAll six tiers of the severance scale including the 400-day band, what counts toward the wage base and what does not, worked examples, the further payments due on top of severance, and when nothing is owed at all.
Read articleWhat makes a debt enforceable, the limitation periods that quietly kill real claims, the current default interest rate, and why enforcement and asset tracing decide whether money actually comes back.
Read articleThe Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 (1999) does not bar foreigners from doing business in Thailand. It defines who counts as a foreigner, sorts activities into three schedules, and sets out who may grant permission for each. This article works through the statutory half-of-capital threshold, the three schedules, the minimum capital rule in Foreign Business Act, Section 14, and the legitimate routes available: a Foreign Business Licence, BOI promotion, and treaty-based entry. It also explains, on the text of Foreign Business Act, Section 36 and on decided authority, why nominee shareholding is the one shortcut capable of costing an investor both the company and the money put into it.
Read articleThe Civil and Commercial Code prescribes five forms of will and provides that a will made in breach of those forms is void. This article sets out all five with the governing provisions quoted in full, identifies the formal defects that arise most often, and explains where the estate goes when a will fails.
Read articleA guide for employees who have just been dismissed: which dismissals are lawful yet still carry severance, which remove it, and which amount to unfair dismissal, with the payments the law provides for and the records worth preserving from day one.
Read articleNot every dishonoured cheque in Thailand is a criminal matter. The offence arises only where the cheque paid a debt that genuinely exists and is legally enforceable. This article covers the elements of Cheque Act, Section 4, why a cheque given as security falls outside them, how the three-month period runs from the bank refusal, and why the return slip matters most.
Read articleA commercial lease running for more than three years is enforceable for only three years unless it is made in writing and registered with the competent official. This article walks a business tenant through the provisions that matter most: registration, verifying that the signatory owns the premises, what happens when the landlord sells or dies, why renewal options are often unenforceable, how fit-out spend can be lost, and the longer-term alternatives of superficies and usufruct.
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