Month: June 2021

When litigating a civil case in Thailand it is important to understand the hierarchy of courts and the appeal process so that a litigant can better understand the steps involved and their rights to appeal a decision. At present, Thailand has a civil court hierarchy comprising three levels of courts, these are as follows: 1. The Courts of First Instance which comprise various courts in the Kingdom including the Civil Court, District Court, Provincial Court and various other specialized courts; 2. Appeal Courts; and 3. The Supreme Court of Thailand. In the past, Thai civil law granted the parties to a civil case the right to initially appeal their case from the Court of First Instance to the Appeal Court provided that they were appealing a question of law or a question of fact, subject to the condition that if […]