Holiday Hours at the Office 2015-2016

We would like to take this opportunity to inform our clients and partners that our office will be closed for the holiday season from 23 December 2015 – 07 January 2016, which will give our hard-working lawyers and support staff time off to spend with their families and friends, some of which do not live in Thailand. This schedule fits in with the general schedule of the courts, which do not schedule many hearings during these 2 weeks. There will be limited support staff available to answer emails and phone calls, but we will still respond Read more

Lawyers in Thailand: How to Find a Reliable Partner, not just a Quick Fix

Finding the best lawyer in Thailand is something that everyone having legal problems here looks for. There are a few factors that come into play when selecting the best legal team in Thailand, including technical expertise (how much the lawyers know about Thai law), reliability (the lawyers do what they say they will do), and price (how much the lawyers charge for their work). Some of the most common mistakes that people make when selecting a lawyer in Thailand include going with the cheapest option. There are countless Thai lawyers who promise easy solutions and cheap prices for their services. However, these people are rarely able to do much at all for your case. In this post, the Thailand Bail team examines what qualities make up a good legal team in Thailand. Hopefully, this Read more

How to Fight and Win Drug Cases in Thailand

Thailand Bail has established itself as the premier bail – focused law firm in Bangkok, Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Phuket, and the rest of Thailand. In addition to this expertise, Thailand Bail has been gaining notoriety in Klong Prem Remand Prison, Klong Prem Bam Bat Prison, Nong Pla Lai Prison, and other prisons around the country for successfully fighting and winning drug cases in Thailand. The drug laws in Thailand are notoriously tough, with foreigners and Thais alike receiving life sentences for relatively small amounts of drugs. This is due to the automatic minimum sentencing laws and the associated quantities. For example, having 1 gram of a class 1 narcotic Read more

The Art of International Bail

As the name of our law firm Thailand Bail suggests, we are experts in bail in Thailand. We have decades of experience bailing Thai and foreign defendants out of prisons across the country, from large cities such as Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, and Chiang Mai to smaller provinces including Prachuab Khiri Khan, Surat Thani, and Kanchanaburi. Other law firms in Thailand offer bail services too. Most of them are not experts in this field of law, and can actually cause more harm than good by filing a bad bail application or bail appeal. We have previously written about the importance of the bail appeal in Thai courts, which is often needed when initial bail applications are rejected. There are some cases in Thailand that we can secure bail for our clients, but that cannot be won in court. There are minimum sentencing laws in place for certain drug crimes in Thailand, for example, that means Read more

Large Drug Case Win! Thailand Bail Wins Again in Bangkok Criminal Court (28 July 2015)

Thailand Bail has won its year-long drug case in the Bangkok Criminal Court today, bringing further validation to our strategy with seemingly impossible drug cases in Thailand. Ask any law firm in Thailand about their feelings for drug cases – many lawyers will not even accept drug cases because they are difficult. Other lawyers take on drug cases but do not know how to formulate a proper defense. Today’s win in the Ratchada court verifies the defense we put together for our client, a Russian national. For those who have drug cases Read more

BBC Features Thailand Bail on TV and Radio

The BBC, one of the most respected news and media organizations in the world, has featured Thailand Bail prominently in its television and radio broadcasts recently. One of our clients has been part of an ongoing criminal investigation, and we have been fighting to have charges dropped or at least reverted to those found on the original charge sheet. Because of our legal efforts in the Bangkok Criminal Court, the media in the UK has picked up on the story, making it the top story on the BBC Hereford and Worcester morning show “Elliott and Toni at Breakfast” for March 31, 2015 as well as the top story on the BBC West Midlands morning show hosted by Adrian Goldberg. Finally, our case was the lead story on the evening news for the BBC Midlands. This follows several newspapers in the UK writing about Read more

Getting Arrested in Thailand: 5 Tips to Follow If You Need Bail

While most people who travel to Thailand come for the interesting culture, beaches, and food, others take their travels too far. Getting arrested in Thailand is not on travelers’ or expats’ to-do lists, but it does happen. With more and more random police searches happening throughout the Sukhumvit Road area of Bangkok, more and more people will likely be in need of legal assistance. Sometimes, people are able to talk to the police, show their passport, and go on their way, avoiding getting arrested in Thailand and going to Thai jail. However, many foreign travelers are not aware of all of the rules, regulations, and laws of Thailand, and may make some bad decisions, which lead to arrest. This article has been Read more

Drug Cases in Thailand

As we continue our blog posts about drug laws in Thailand, the entire Thailand Bail team would like to remind those reading this article that the drug laws in Thailand are not predictable, they are applied liberally, and the jail sentences are long. Please stay away from narcotics while living in or traveling through Thailand. Thailand Bail is the only law firm in Thailand dedicated to fighting drug charges, and we have successfully defended clients possessing anything from 1 pill of methamphetamine drugs Read more

Drug Laws in Thailand

Southeast Asia, and Thailand in particular, have very stringent laws regarding drug use, production, and sale. Being convicted of selling certain narcotics can still technically bring about the death penalty in Thailand, although spending decades in prison is a more likely result, as case history shows. Like Western countries, there are different categories of drugs in Thailand. For example, being charged with possessing a small amount of cannabis (1 gram) could result in bail being given and receiving a short prison sentence, but possessing that same amount of crystal methamphetamine (“ya-ice”) could result in bail being rejected and receiving a sentence that lasts for several years. Sometimes, it does not even matter if drugs are found on your person; simply being in the same room or the same vehicle as someone with a large amount of drugs can be enough to charge you with the same crime. If you are with a friend or partner, be sure that you know what kind of person he / she is, because Thai Read more

Bail Cases in Thailand, Korkaew Pikulthong

Summary

The judge overseeing the case of Thai member of parliament denied the bail request from the MP’s Thai lawyer Jessada Chandee. Bail was requested based on the fact that the MP wanted to attend a garden party at Government House and go on an economic development trip to Italy. The judge ruled that this particular MP would likely repeat the crime he was charged with. This MP was charged with charges of terrorism, threatening the Constitution Court and creating unrest in society. The ruling attempted to define the difference between simply having a dissenting opinion and actually causing civil unrest for political purposes. Lawyers in Thailand who have commented on this case note that because of the political nature of the case, the ruling could cause severe Read more