Bail in Thailand 2020: Bail on the Weekends

In what is probably the biggest change the rules on bail in Thailand, the president of the Supreme Court recently announced that bail can now be applied for on weekends. Thailand Bail can confirm that this new rule, announced on 25 December 2019, is now in force at the courts around Thailand. Thailand Bail just managed the successful bail applications for two foreigners who were arrested for drug cases in Koh Phangan and sent to the Koh Samui Provincial Court. Under the old rules, we would have had to wait until Monday to file our bail paperwork, but with the new rule, we were able to file our bail documents on Saturday, and both people were released the same day.

Thailand Bail Success: How Thailand Bail Was Able to Bail Out 2 Defendants When Others Could Not

As you have been reading Thailand Bail’s other posts and success stories, you have seen that Thailand Bail specializes in taking on difficult and challenging criminal cases in Bangkok, Koh Samui, Udon Thani, and the rest of Thailand. Our success story today is taken from a case we just completed after a challenging situation presented to us in the Koh Samui Provincial Court. Two defendants had been in the Koh Samui Prison for over 1 month when they hired a different lawyer based in Bangkok to handle their bail. The charge they had was collectively committing theft, as well as being in Thailand illegally. For Thailand Bail, this is a fairly routine and straightforward bail case, which we could have taken care of quickly. However, the other lawyer failed to bail out the two defendants Read more