Revival – Phuket and Our Revival Mentality Role in It
Phuket Town has seen a relatively recent beautiful revival resulting in a world-famous night market, amazing festivals and eateries and a vibrant non-seedy nightlife counteracting the debauchery of red light districts. Despite concentrated pockets of negativity, the usual set of unwelcome criminal acts and road traffic accident and congestion woes, Phuket remains a shining star […]
“Thirty Means Thirty” (Future Rent Not Included)
Why you have taken an interst in reading this (and why my email/phone keeps buzzing) Since the Supreme Court’s March 2025 decision in a case about a hold-over tenant who bet on a ‘30 + 30 + 30’ renewal and lost, our firm’s inbox has been a permamnent revolving door of enquiries: the same question, […]
Yes or No? Short-term villa rental is commercial use
Yes, Most likely……a short-term rental of your villa counts as a commercial use. Let it be heard: It probably doesn’t matter if you “own” your villa building on a property you have leased in a residential resort project in Thailand, short-term rentals of your villa advertised to the public on popular websites such as AirBnB or […]
Practical tips for dealing with ‘legal encounters’ in Phuket – Part 1
Not many people want to read about the laws before they engage in the pleasures of Phuket, be it as a tourist or as a part- or full-time resident. However, the same pleasure seekers can often be surprised, if not shocked, to discover that the laws of the Kingdom of Thailand aren’t ‘the same as […]
Practical tips for dealing with ‘legal encounters’ in Phuket – Part 2
In the last issue, I wrote about the kind of incidents that visitors to this great Kingdom can encounter and provided some tips about overcoming or mitigating issues such as: road traffic accidents, being asked and legally obliged to carry and present identification at all times, and avoiding losing your temper and violating very strict […]
Surely my insurance will cover me?
We’re all offered insurance products with respect to many aspects of our daily lives, such as booking a domestic flight with a budget airline through to compulsory insurance when borrowing monies from a bank. So it’s worth pausing to consider whether the insurances we’re using, and paying for, really do cover the types of events […]
Hughes Krupica: I don’t need a WORK PERMIT, do I?
Greetings “Aliens”, foreigners and all those who think they can guess or hope the laws relating to labour and immigration somehow work in their favour. If you are planning to visit the United Kingdom, my former home, anytime soon – let me advise you not to Google “obtaining a VISA to go to, or attempting […]
The legalities of using beach land in Thailand
Many of us notice that beach land in Thailand appears to be used for all sorts of activities The use of public property is a topical subject currently, and therefore it will be useful to provide information as to the legalities of using beach land for a better general factual and legal understanding of the […]
Hughes Krupica: Condominiums: What is Common Property?
Our firm has recently seen an influx of enquiries in relation to the question of what constitutes ‘common property’ vis-à-vis ‘personal property’ in a condominium registered under the Condominium Act of Thailand. Potentially one reason for the increase in such enquiries is due to the rise in the number of condominium projects in and around […]
Are we really married? Do I own any of our property?
The Thai method by which a marriage ceremony takes place and converts into a formal registration, and the rules that apply to eligibility for marriage, are – as you’d expect – familiar to Thais. However, in Thailand and outside Thailand, there many marriages between foreigners and Thais. Due to the cultural differences relating to the […]