This page sets out what this website is and what it is not. It is short on purpose.
This is information, not advice
Everything published on proviso-consulting.net is general information about Thai law. It is written for people who want to understand how a rule works before they go and ask about their own position. It is not legal advice, and it is not written with any particular reader's facts in mind.
Legal advice is the application of the law to one person's actual situation, after seeing the documents. Nothing here does that. An article can tell you what the Foreign Business Act says about shares held on a foreigner's behalf. It cannot tell you what any particular company's paperwork means.
Reading this site does not make you a client
No lawyer-client relationship is created by reading an article, by downloading a page, by sending an email to info@proviso-consulting.net, or by booking a call through the booking link. An enquiry is an enquiry. Sending one does not oblige us to act, and it does not oblige you to instruct us.
A relationship starts only when we have agreed in writing what the work is, who is doing it and what it costs, and both sides have accepted those terms. Until that point, treat anything said in an enquiry exchange as preliminary.
Because no relationship exists yet, please do not send confidential or sensitive material in a first enquiry. A short description of the question is enough for us to say whether we can help.
Thai law changes, and practice varies
Thai legislation is amended. Ministerial regulations are issued and withdrawn. Administrative practice at a Land Office, a provincial Department of Business Development office or an Immigration office can differ from one province to another, and can change without any amendment to the statute behind it.
Our articles distinguish between the three deliberately. Where an article describes what a statute says, it names the Act and the section. Where it describes how an office generally handles something, it says so and labels it as practice. Practice is never presented as law.
What the review date means
Each article carries a published date and a last-reviewed date. The last-reviewed date means the statements in that article were checked against the primary legislation on that date, and the section numbers were still correct. It does not mean the article has been checked against every subsequent amendment, ruling or change in practice since.
If you are relying on a point in an article, check the section for yourself. We give the section numbers precisely so you can. Our editorial standards page explains how the checking is done.
No warranty and no reliance
We take care with this material, and we would rather cut a statement than publish one we cannot support. Even so, we give no warranty that any article is complete, current or free from error, and we do not accept liability for any loss arising from a decision taken in reliance on it. If a decision matters, take advice on your own facts before you take it.
Corrections
If something here is wrong, tell us. Email info@proviso-consulting.net with the page and the point. We would rather correct an article than defend it. Corrections are made to the page itself and the last-reviewed date is changed.
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