Expat gets assets back from Thai Partner

[Doodoo]

Things are certinly changing over time

"Winning that case could set a significant precedence for similar cases where the judge accepts that the intention of the paying foreigner was to live together as husband and wife with the Thai person and therefore could reasonably claim to have been cheated into buying the shared assets and register them in the name of the Thai national."

https://scandasia.com/danish-man-wins-l ... K.facebook

[tamada]

^ A good news story indeed.

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[jackspratt]

May be of limited use to future cases, as my understanding is that lower courts in Thailand are not required to follow precedents from cases decided at a similar level.

[maaka]

he still got short changed..

[tamada]

May be of limited use to future cases, as my understanding is that lower courts in Thailand are not required to follow precedents from cases decided at a similar level.

True. And interestingly enough, it apparently was a female judge.

he still got short changed..

What's that bit about being thankful for small mercies?