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Are You Prepared? New Timeframe for Thai Court Cases

Litigation proceedings in Thailand have long been known to be a time-consuming process, and it is typically difficult for the parties to predict what will happen next and when it will happen. In order to expedite the efficiency of judicial administration in Thailand and provide a clearer timeframe of court cases, the Act on the Timeframe of Judicial Proceedings ("Act") was enacted on 25 October 2022 and has recently become effective on 23 January 2023. To implement the Act, judicial authorities under the Act1 including the Courts of Justice, the Administrative Courts, and the Constitutional Court recently issued their regulations outlining the timeframe of judicial proceedings.