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Legal updates, practical guidance, and thought leadership from our team, covering the developments that matter to businesses operating in Thailand.
Hire-Purchase in Thailand: Repossess by the Rules, or Not at All
Hire-purchase looks simple until the hirer stops paying. Then the paperwork and the procedure decide everything, and an owner who moves on instinct rather than on the rules can turn a recoverable debt into a losing case.
What the 5 August Cabinet Means for Data-Centre Investors, Companies, and Cross-Border Employers in Thailand
Three of the Thai Cabinet's decisions on 5 August 2026 matter for business. The government approved a draft regulation to create a dedicated data-centre policy body, approved a revised but still-unsigned framework for hiring Myanmar workers, and moved a cluster of corporate, transport, and water measures affecting registration costs, the provincial rail pipeline, and Eastern Economic Corridor water supply.
Clinic Advertising in Thailand: Approval Comes First
For clinic operators, wellness investors and the doctors whose names appear in the ads: the rules tightened again in July 2026, and enforcement is measured in thousands of posts.
What the 27 July Cabinet Means for Taxpayers, Digital-Economy Investors, and Exporters in Thailand
What the 27 July Cabinet Means for Taxpayers, Digital-Economy Investors, and Exporters in Thailand Standfirst: This week's Cabinet session set the tax and technology baseline for the year ahead. It approved in principle another year of the reduced 7 percent VAT rate to 30 September 2027, cleared income-tax relief for fishing-boat buy-back compensation, and noted, in draft, a national Big Data and artificial-intelligence strategy that signals where public money and procurement will flow.
Sale and Purchase Disputes: Characterise the Contract, or Lose at the Threshold
When a sale goes wrong, the client wants to talk about who broke the deal. The first question a litigator asks is narrower and more decisive: what kind of contract was this? In Thai law, the answer sets the remedy, the evidence, and often the outcome.
In a Thai Land Dispute, the Title Deed Decides the Case Before It Starts
When a client comes to us about a piece of land, the instinct is to start with the argument. We start with the paper. In a Thai land dispute the title document is not background, it is the case. It tells you what right the client actually holds, what they have to prove, and how long they have to act.
Winning a Thai Arbitration Is Only Half the Job: How to Enforce, and Protect, Your Award
You have won your arbitration. The tribunal has ruled in your favour and issued the award. The instinct is to treat the dispute as over. In Thailand, it is not. An award is a right, not yet a remedy, and the steps you take in the months that follow decide whether that right turns into money in the bank.
What the 21 July Cabinet Means for Taxpayers, Landowners, and China-Facing Businesses in Thailand
The 21 July session, chaired by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, was quieter than the two before it: no migrant-workforce rescue, no ministry restructuring. Its weight sits in three places: a draft Royal Decree doubling the tax deduction for supporting the Social Enterprise Promotion Fund, a land-use amendment for two Chiang Mai districts, and the follow-through machinery for the fifteen Thailand-China agreements signed during the Prime Minister's visit.
What the 14 July Cabinet Means for Employers of Migrant Workers and Foreign Investors in Thailand
If you employ registered Lao, Myanmar, or Vietnamese workers, the 14 July Cabinet moved to save a large part of your workforce. Some 562,068 workers could not complete passports and visas by the 31 July B.E. 2569 (2026) deadline and were weeks from losing status. The Cabinet approved a framework letting every worker registered under the 11 November B.E. 2568 (2025) resolution renew to work until 11 December B.E. 2570 (2027), with renewal applications due by 11 December 2026.
What the 7 July Cabinet Means for Contractors and Foreign Investors in Thailand Standfirst
A new blacklisting ground for state contractors, a permanent footing for the nominee crackdown, and the Sadao border crossing moves this week. Plus the July deadlines already in force.