Legal know-how
Plain-language legal know-how so you decide better before talking to a lawyer
Thai law lets an arrested person inform a relative, see a lawyer in private and stay silent. What officers must tell you, when the state provides a lawyer, how long you can be held, and how bail works.
A neighbour's fence or house crosses onto your land, or the boundary markers are not where you thought. How to ask the Land Office for a boundary survey, what happens when a neighbour objects, the rules on buildings put up in good or bad faith, and why you should act before 10 years pass.
A will that does not follow the required form may be worthless. The five forms under the Thai Civil and Commercial Code, who cannot witness or benefit, making a will at the district office, naming an executor, and changing or revoking a will correctly.
Thailand's 2022 traffic-law amendment made drunk-driving penalties much heavier, especially for a second offence within two years. The alcohol limits, the penalty for each situation, what happens if you refuse the test, and what to do if you are charged.
Since 4 September 2025, landlords with three or more residential units must follow new consumer-protection lease rules. The deposit cap, the 7- and 14-day return deadlines, what may and may not be deducted, and how to get your deposit back.
Staying in Thailand even one day past your permitted date is an offence. The fine, the 1- to 10-year re-entry bans, the difference between turning yourself in and being caught, and what to do as soon as you realise you have overstayed.
When parents separate, three decisions matter most: who exercises parental power, who pays how much child support, and how the other parent sees the child. The legal rules, what the court looks at, and what to do when an arrangement stops working.
Since 2023, two promoters are enough to form a Thai limited company, and with the paperwork ready it can be registered in a single day. The six steps, the fees, and what to watch when a shareholder is a foreigner.
Posting a case on Lawmanee is free and takes three steps. How to write a title and description lawyers understand quickly, what to leave out, how to set a budget and your contact settings, what happens after you post, and what to ask before you hire.
Thai law allows divorce in only two ways: registering it by mutual consent at a district office, or suing in court on a legal ground. The steps, the grounds, the one-year time limit, how marital property is split, with an example, and what to settle about the children.
In Thailand defamation is a crime, and a social-media post is usually treated as defamation by publication, which carries a heavier penalty. What counts, the good-faith and fair-comment defences, the 3-month complaint deadline, and what to do whether you were defamed or accused.
Thailand has no official price list for lawyers, so quotes can vary widely. Here is where the money in a case actually goes, how civil court fees are calculated, and what to ask before you sign a fee agreement.
