annual judicial statistics, thailand 2018 (b.e. 2561)

ANNUAL JUDICIAL STATISTICS, THAILAND 2018 (B.E. 2561)

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PREFACE

The ‘Annual Judicial Statistics, Thailand 2018 (B.E. 2561)’ is a compilation of judicial statistics from the Courts of Justice nationwide, including the Supreme Court, appellate courts, courts of first instance throughout the kingdom and other interesting works for the benefits of administration, study, reference, analyzing and research. This statistics does not only reflect an aspect of the Thai society which is part of information on the Thai justice system, but also can be useful in solving social problems to a certain extent. In addition, it is aimed at benefiting organization including external organizations and those who are interested in regardless of whether they work for the Office of the Judiciary. Finally, the Office of the Judiciary would like to convey our gratitude to every court and Judicial Offices of Regions I – IX for their cooperation resulting in a success as aimed. Office of the Judiciary

วสยทศน “ศาลยตธรรมเปนสถาบนทอ านวยความยตธรรม

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VISION

“The Court of Justice is an institution / delivering justice for peaceful, fair and equal society under the rule of law”

Contents

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VISION 7 ORGANIZATION OF THE COURTS OF JUSTICE 13 SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF CASES OF COURT THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM IN 2018

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CHAPTER 1 STATISTICS OF CASES OF THE SUPREME COURT

31

A. Cases Pending and Cases Disposed in the Supreme Court 33

B. Top Five Causes of Action and Offences in the Supreme Court 33 C. Cases Pending and Cases Disposed in Civil Cases in the Supreme Court 34 D. Cases Pending and Cases Disposed in Criminal Cases in the Supreme Court 35

CHAPTER 2 STATISTICS OF CASES IN THE COURTS OF APPEALS

37

A. Cases pending and Cases Disposed in Appellate Courts 39 B. Top Five Causes of Action and Offences in the Courts of Appeals 40 C. Types of Cases in the Court of Appeal for Specialized Cases 41 D. Proportion of Types of Cases in the Court of Appeal for Specialized Cases 41

CHAPTER 3 STATISTICS OF CASES OF COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM

43

A. Case Pending and Case Disposed in the Courts of First Instance throughout the Kingdom of Thailand

44

a) Courts of First Instance in Bangkok Metropolis 44-45 b) Specialized Courts 44-45

B. Comparison of Cases Filed and Cases Disposed in the Courts of First Instance 46

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CHAPTER 3 STATISTICS OF CASES OF COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM

C. Top Five Causes of Action in Civil Cases 47 D. Top Five Causes of Action in Consumer Cases 47 E. Top Five Causes of Action in Environmental Cases 48 F. Top Five Offences in Criminal Cases 48

CRIMINAL COURT FOR CORRUPTION AND MISCONDUCT CASES 49 A. The Criminal Courts for Corruption and Misconduct Cases in Bangkok and Region I - IX 50

B. Comparison of Cases Filed and Cases Disposed in the Criminal Courts for Corruption and Misconduct Cases

51

C. Top Five Offences Filed in the Criminal Courts for Corruption and Misconduct Cases 52 D. Top Five of Government Agencies which have the Most Defendants Being Prosecuted to the

Criminal Courts for Corruption and Misconduct Cases in 2018 52

CHAPTER 3.1 : STATISTICS OF CASES OF CIVIL COURTS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE, REGION I - IX

53

A. Courts of First Instance, Region I – IX 54-55

CHAPTER 3.2 : STATISTICS OF CASES IN SPECIALIZED COURTS 57

THE CENTRAL BANKRUPTCY COURT

A. Cases Pending and Cases Disposed in the Central Bankruptcy Court 60 B. Top Five Causes of Action and Offences Filed in Bankruptcy Cases 61

THE CENTRAL TAX COURT

A. Cases Pending and Cases Disposed in the Central Tax Court 64 B. Top Five Causes of Action in Civil Cases 64

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CHAPTER 3.2 : STATISTICS OF CASES IN SPECIALIZED COURTS

THE CENTRAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE COURT

A. Cases Pending and Cases Disposed in the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court

66

B. Top Five Causes of Action and Offences in Intellectual Property and International Trade Cases 66

THE LABOUR COURTS

A. Cases Pending and Cases Disposed in the Labour Courts 68 B. Top Five Causes of Action in Labour Cases 68

THE JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURTS

A. Cases Pending and Cases Disposed in the Juvenile and Family Courts 70 B. Top Five Causes of Action and Offences in the Juvenile and Family Cases 71

ORGANIZATION OF THE COURTS OF JUSTICE

ORGANIZATION CHART OF THE COURTS OF JUSTICE OF THAILAND IN 2018

- Civil Court - Provincial Courts in Region I - IX

- Bangkok South Civil Court - Kwaeng Courts in Region I - IX

- Thon Buri Civil Court - Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases in Region I - IX

- Criminal Court - Bangkok South Criminal Court

- Thon Buri Criminal Court

- Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases

Specialized Courts (Non-Region) Specialized Court (Region I – IX) - Central Labour Court - Labour Court, Region I - IX

- Central Tax Court - Juvenile and Family Courts in Region I - IX

- Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court - Central Bankruptcy Court

- Central Juvenile and Family Courts Note The definition of specialized court follows section 3 of The Establishment of the Court of Appeal for Specialized Cases Act B.E. 2558 (2015)

The Supreme Court

The Court of Appeal Courts of Appeal, Region I - IX

Courts of First Instance

Courts of First Instance (Non-Region) Courts of First Instance (Region I – IX)

The Court of Appeal for Specialized Cases

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF CASES OF COURT THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM

2018

Statistical Summary of Court of Justice of Thailand 2018 (B.E. 2561)

The Court of Justice is classified into three levels consisting of court of first instance, appellate court, and the Supreme Court (referred to as the Dika). Cases under a power of the court of justice are categorized as follows: Civil Case, Consumer Protection Case, Criminal Case, Bankruptcy Case, Tax Case, Intellectual Property and International Trade Case, Labor Case, Environmental Case, Election case, Juvenile and Family case, Tourist Case, and Corruption and Misconduct Case. The statistical data in this annual report was collected nationwide by 254 courts of first instance, 11 courts of appeal and 1 the Supreme Court or 266 courts in the total amount (the data as at December 31, 2018).

Total cases filed in the court nationwide in 2018 are over 1.9 million cases and these are disposed of at 88.07% (table 1). The number of total caseload increase by 154,439 cases and the number of total case disposed increase by 169,508 cases. As a result, it creates a decrease in the total case during trial at the end of the year since the increase in case disposed is higher than the increase in caseloads (figure 1.1).

Table 1. Total Cases in Nationwide 2017 – 2018

Year Caseloads Case

Dispositions Percentage of

Disposition Cases During Trial

2017 1,803,123 1,554,575 86.22 248,548

2018 1,957,562 1,724,083 88.07 233,479 Figure 1.1. Total Cases in Nationwide 2017 – 2018

From figure 1.2, it shows that, in past five years (2014 - 2018), the number of caseloads in the court of justice of Thailand has been increased persistently and reached apex over 1.9 million cases in 2018.

Figure 1.2. Total Caseloads and Cases Disposed in Nationwide from 2014 - 2018

Caseloads and Cases Disposed in the Court of Justice of Thailand

Thailand has changed appeal system to the Supreme Court for civil cases from the rights-based system to the permission-based system in 2015. Thai law traditionally has allowed parties to appeal any court of first instance decision to the appellate courts and subsequently the latter’s decision to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court’s judgment (referred to as the Dika) is final. According to the Act (Act No. 27) amending the Civil Procedure Code, the Supreme Court now has the power to grant permission to file a Dika if it deems the question to be a significant matter worthy of a decision.

Therefore, there are major declines in civil case filed to the court (-39.48%) and in case disposed (-20.61%) in the Supreme Court (table 2.1) unlike criminal cases which increase in both caseloads and cases disposed in all level of Thai court of justice (Table 2.2). As a result, in 2018, the number of cases (table 2) in the Supreme Court declined (-22.52% and -10.16%) but the number of cases in the appellate courts and the courts of first instance increase (+8.04, +8.43, +8.90 and +11.13) thus, the total caseloads and the total cases disposed of the court of justice of Thailand in 2018 increase by 8.57% and 10.90% respectively from previous year as can be seen in table 2.

Table 2. Total Caseloads and Total Cases Disposed, by level of Thai Courts

Court levels Caseloads Cases Disposed

2017 2018 +/-

Percentage 2017 2018

+/- Percentage

The Supreme Court 17,567 13,611 -22.52 10,312 9,264 -10.16

Appellate Courts 55,713 60,191 +8.04 49,849 54,049 +8.43

Courts of First Instance 1,729,843 1,883,760 +8.90 1,494,414 1,660,770 +11.13

Total 1,803,123 1,957,562 +8.57 1,554,575 1,724,083 +10.90

Table 2.1. Caseloads and Cases Disposed of Civil Cases, by level of Thai Court

Court Levels

Civil Cases*

Caseloads Cases Disposed

2017 2018 +/-


+/- Percentage

The Supreme Court 10,744 6,502 -39.48 6,384 5,068 -20.61


Courts of First Instance 1,118,431 1,245,844 +11.39 32,369 33,130 +2.35

Total 1,149,024 1,276,292 +11.08 56,233 59,117 +5.13

* All Civil Cases in Courts of First Instance Nationwide consist of Civil Case, Consumer Case, Environment Case, Juvenile and Family Case (Civil), Asset and Property Case (Civil), Labour Case, Tax Case, Bankruptcy Case, Bankruptcy Case (Rehabilitation), Bankruptcy Case (in Branch) and Tourist Case (Consumer Protection)

Table 2.2. Caseloads and Cases Disposed of Criminal Cases, by level of Thai Court

Court Level

Criminal Cases**

Caseloads Cases Disposed

2017 2018 +/-


+/-Percentage

The Supreme Court 6,823 7,109 +4.19 3,928 4,196 +6.82


Courts of First Instance 611,412 637,916 +4.33 569,115 599,846 +5.40

Total 654,099 681,270 +4.15 605,412 637,172 +5.25

** All Criminal Cases in Courts of First Instance Nationwide consist of Criminal Case, Juvenile and Family Case (Criminal), Asset and Property Case (Criminal), Bankruptcy Case (Criminal), Tourist Case (Criminal), and Corruption and Misconduct Case

Time to Disposition

Timeliness is an essential aspect of resolving cases and providing the finality which is the length of time it takes the court to process cases.

Table 3. Cases Disposed: Time to Disposition

Courts

Time to Disposition

Shorter than 1 Month

1 Month to 3

Months

3 Months

to 6 Months

6 Months

to 1 Year

1 Year to 2 Years

2 Years to 3 Years

3 Years to 4 Years

4 Years to 5 Years

Longer than 5 Years

Total

The Supreme Court 43 368 1,403 3,415 3,647 388 0 0 0 9,264

Courts of Appeals 15,936 31,664 6,067 370 12 0 0 0 0 54,049

Group of Civil Courts 877 15,327 5,152 3,341 1,247 165 22 8 34 26,173

Group of Criminal Courts 11,321 2,217 1,416 1,686 1,140 96 12 5 0 17,893

Provincial Courts in Region I-IX

359,687 498,296 161,868 46,789 7,123 476 60 14 5 1,074,318

Kwaeng Courts in Region I-IX

170,549 255,809 41,916 7,457 1,233 52 2 2 0 477,020

Juvenile and Family Courts

11,209 16,327 5,633 1,375 272 15 1 0 0 34,832

Central Bankruptcy Court 131 3,051 1,327 765 302 3 0 0 0 5,579

Central Intellectual Property and

International Trade Court 2,877 95 186 276 258 53 10 7 1 3,763

Central Tax Court 3 31 99 102 14 0 1 0 0 250

Labour Courts 1,795 4,910 7,229 6,103 851 46 7 1 0 20,942

Total 574,428 828,095 232,296 71,679 16,099 1,294 115 37 40 1,724,083

Note 1. The group of civil courts consist of Civil Court, Bangkok South Civil Court, Thon Buri Civil Court 2. The group of criminal courts consist of Criminal Court, Bangkok South Criminal Court, Thon Buri Criminal Court and Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases

The above table shows from beginning to end in reporting period in 2018 the court of justice of Thailand mostly resolved the cases less than 3 months which means 81% of cases filed to the court processed within 3 months.

Duration of Cases Pending End of Year Cases filed but not yet disposed make up the court’s pending caseloads. Examining

the age of pending cases make clear, for example, the number and type of cases drawing near or about to surpass the court’s case processing time.

Table 4. Duration of Cases Pending

Courts

Duration of Pending

Shorter than 6 Months

6 Months

to 1 Year

1 Year to 2 Years

2 Years to 3 Years

3 Years to 4 Years

4 Years to 5 Years

Longer than 5 Years

Total

The Supreme Court 2,569 1,778 0 0 0 0 0 4,347

Courts of Appeals 6,054 88 0 0 0 0 0 6,142

Group of Civil Courts 7,668 1,352 634 53 6 1 1 9,715

Group of Criminal Courts 2,201 774 399 63 18 9 15 3,479

Provincial Courts in Region I-IX

134,683 6,847 1,554 26 2 3 2 143,117

Kwaeng Courts in Region I-IX

53,763 916 176 10 0 0 0 54,865


4,186 238 47 1 2 0 0 4,474

Central Bankruptcy Court 2,137 374 95 2 0 0 0 2,608


International Trade Court 486 221 146 7 4 2 0 866

Central Tax Court 99 18 0 0 0 0 0 117

Labour Courts 3,228 497 23 1 0 0 0 3,749

Total 217,074 13,103 3,074 163 32 15 18 233,479

Considering the duration of pending status in 2018, it can be seen that most of the

cases (217,074 cases or 93% of total cases pending) fell into the duration of not over 6 months. The high court of justice in Thailand: The Supreme Court and the courts of appeals had no case pending over 1 year.

The Amount in Dispute For claim computable in terms of money in 2018, the total amount in dispute is 673,891,030,231.61 baht which are civil cases for 380,478,890,284.96 baht, consumer cases for 293,182,399,778.25 baht and environmental cases for 229,740,168.40 baht. Table 5. Statistics of Cases Submitted to Court of First Instance Classified by the Amount in Dispute

Cases

Cases of Claim not Computed in Terms of Money

Case of Claim Computable in Terms of Money

Total Cases

Lower 50,000 Baht

Over 50,000 Baht to 300,000

Baht

Over 300,000 Baht to 500,000

Baht

Over 500,000 Baht to

1 million Baht

Over 1 Million

Baht to 5 Millions

Baht

Over 5 Millions Baht to

10 Millions

Baht


50 Millions

Baht


100 Millions

Baht

Over 100

Millions Baht

Civil Cases 129,115 25,884 35,557 9,437 8,974 12,861 2,936 2,641 430 473 228,308

Consumer Cases

521 179,258 485,752 64,011 47,925 35,639 3,479 1,592 67 73 818,317

Environmental Cases

4 3 29 11 10 28 5 1 1 0 92

Tourist Cases (Civil)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tourist Cases (Consumer)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 129,640 205,145 521,338 73,459 56,909 48,528 6,420 4,234 498 546 1,046,717

Note: There are no tourist cases in civil law and consumer law filed to the court in this year

As classified cases by the amount in disputes under civil law, in 2018, most of civil

cases (129,115 cases) were the cases of claim cannot be computed in term of money. For example, motion for execution of inheritance, motion for cancellation of fraudulent acts, etc., these are cases where relief applied for cannot be computed in term of money.

However, most of consumer cases and environmental cases are the cases where relief applied for can be computed in term of money as the cases of claim over 50,000 baht to 300,000 baht which are 485,752 cases in consumer cases and 29 cases in environmental cases.

Provisional Release to the Court

Provisional release is a mean whereby a person continues to enjoy freedom, or regains it after having been placed in preventive detention, during the criminal proceedings. Such application is for provisional release without bail, or with bail, or with bail and security submitted to the court to consider for a release of an accused or a defendant for a specified period of time. (APPLICATION FOR PROVISIONAL RELEASE TO THE COURT, International Affairs Division, Office of the Judiciary of Thailand)

Table 6. The Applications for Provisional Release to the Court in Thailand

Number of Applications The Court Granted The Court Denied The Accused or the Defendant Absconds

Thai Foreigner Thai Foreigner Thai Foreigner Thai Foreigner

230,942 4,438 210,694 3,719 20,248 719.00 3,942 207

Note: The number of applications = The court grant + The court deny

Overall, in 2018, there were 235,380 applications for provisional release and 91% of them or 214,413 applications granted by Thai court. However, 4,149 persons of the accused or the defendants have absconded after getting the provisional release. Penalties and Defendants

The important purposes of the Criminal Law Enforcement in Thailand are to put people’s living in order to protect innocent people, and to impose the penalties for a person who violates any social rules considered as the criminal offences. The penalties in Thailand consist of death penalty, imprisonment, confinement, fine and forfeiture of property, suspension of punishment respectively.

In 2018, there were 679,625 defendants in criminal cases and the most penalties of defendants in the Thai court are suspension of punishment, next major penalty was fine and the imprisonment came later.

Most of defendants in 2018 were Thai male with suspension punishment (236,566: 37% of total Thai defendants). However, in Thai female defendants, most of them were punished with the fine penalty (54,890: 6% of total Thai defendants).

On the other hand, there were 39,479 foreigners receiving penalty as they violated the law of Thailand. Most of them were given penalty with suspension of punishment which were male: 16,095 persons and female: 2,751 persons.

Table 7. The Number of Defendants in Criminal Cases Sentenced by Courts of First Instance

Types of Penalties Thai Defendants Foreigner Defendants

Male Female Total Male Female Total

Death 151 41 192 7 6 13

Imprisonment 85,410 10,322 95,732 2,621 367 2,988

Fine 198,154 54,980 253,134 11,545 2,727 14,272

Confinement 1,629 142 1,771 38 8 46

Forfeiture of Property 208 28 236 4 1 5

Suspension of Punishment 236,566 31,931 268,497 16,095 2,751 18,846

Other 15,562 5,022 20,584 2,887 422 3,309

Total 537,680 102,466 640,146 33,197 6,282 39,479

Table 7.1. Number of Thai Defendants Classified by Ages (Courts of First Instance)

Ages Thai Defendants

Male Female Total

over 18 years old to 25 years old 140,564 13,232 153,796



over 60 years old 15,786 7,746 23,532

Total 537,680 102,466 640,146

Regarding to the defendants’ ages, Thai persons who most violated the law are person aging between 25 years old and 40 years old. However, the defendants in table 7 and 7.1 are sentenced by the courts of first instance except Juvenile and Family Courts which applied different penalty for children under juvenile and family law.

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Juvenile and Family Law

The act on Juvenile and Family Court and Procedure 2010 was effective on 22 May 2011 aims to provide the rights and welfare protection and the practices for children, youth, women and family members. There is also the improvement in the proceeding of the Juvenile and Family Court in order to be in line with the constitution, the convention on the rights of the child and convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women.

Most criminal cases filed to the Juvenile and Family Courts have been applied special measures for correction, treatment and rehabilitation as showed in table 8. The implementation of special measure of both Section 90 and Section 132 has more successful rate than unsuccessful rate. Table 8. The Number of Cases Delivered to Measures for Correction, Treatment and Rehabilitation

Measures

Number of Cases Using Special Measure in Lieu of Prosecution / Measures for Correction, Treatment

and Rehabilitation in 2018

Successful Implementation

Unsuccessful Implementation

Total Implementation

Special Measure in Lieu of Prosecution Section 90* 430 46 476

Measures for Correction, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section 132* 9,542 623 10,165

Total 9,972 669 10,641

* Act on Juvenile and Family Court and Procedure A.D. 2010

Moreover, to protect children and reduce domestic violence, Thailand established the Child Protection Act, B.E. 2546 (2003) and the Victims of Domestic Violence Victim Protection Act, B.E.2550 (2007).

Table 9. The Number of Cases Submitted and Cases Disposed of under Juvenile and Family Acts.

Act. Cases Submitted Cases Disposed of Cases Disposed of (%)

the Child Protection Act, B.E. 2546 (2003)

120 120 100.00

the Victims of Domestic Violence Victim Protection Act, B.E.2550 (2007)

55 52 94.55

Human Trafficking Cases Human trafficking is one of a major problem of the world. In Thailand, the Anti-

Trafficking in Person Act B.E.2551 (2008) the Anti-Trafficking in Person Act B.E.2558 (2015) the Anti-Trafficking in Person Act B.E.2560 (2017) and Human Trafficking Criminal Procedure Act, B.E. 2559 [2016] have been established to solve out this problem. It has a significant principle as a consequence of human trafficking problem which is a major problem that affects human rights which is dangerous to the country’ social stability and sustainable development. Therefore, Human Trafficking Criminal Procedure has been specifically established in order to have an efficient prevention and suppression of human trafficking. In addition, it will help any related cases be in the proceedings faster and more fairly.

However, according to the fact that Thailand is a source, transit, and destination country for human trafficking, Thai Government prioritizes this issue as an urgent agenda and should be executed in every dimension to protect and reduce numbers of victims for both sex and labor exploitation. Thus, the Court of Justice of Thailand has followed the policy by making an immediate and effective prosecution in Thai Courts of First Instance. The Office of the Judiciary is well-prepared and has supported to taking evidence in advance and taking in criminal cases via Video Conference Courtroom without having the witness confront with the defendant. At present the Court of Justice has developed the system to support the taking evidence via the Video Conference Courtroom in every court nationwide. Furthermore, the Court of Justice has created the judicial work manual on Human Trafficking Criminal Procedure to guide the judges to have discretion to allow the taking evidence without having the witness confront with the defendant as much as they can.

Table 10. Statistics of the Human Trafficking Case by Courts of First Instance in 2018

47 83 130 89 68.46 41

87 151 238 152 63.87 86

32 45 77 64 83.12 13

166 279 445 305 68.54 140

The Courts of First Instance throughout the Kingdom

Courts


Provincial Courts

Criminal Courts

Total

New CasesCase

Disposed

Case Disposed

(%)

Case Pending to Following

Year

Case Pending from Previous

Years

Total Cases Filed to the

Court

CHAPTER 1 STATISTICS OF CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT

Courts Types of Cases

Cases Pending

from Previous

Years

New FilingsTotal Cases Filed

in the CourtCases Disposed

Cases Disposed

(%)

Cases Pending

End of Year

Civil Cases 4,360 2,142 6,502 5,068 77.95 1,434

Criminal Cases 2,895 4,214 7,109 4,196 59.02 2,913

Total 7,255 6,356 13,611 9,264 68.06 4,347

A. Cases Pending and Cases Disposed in the Supreme Court

THE

SUPREME

COURT

B. Top 5 Causes of Action and Offences in the Supreme Court (New Filings in 2018)

The Supreme Court

374

296283

126 121

1st Land Dispute 2nd Torts 3rd Eviction 4th Loan 5th Revoke theJuristic Act

New Civil Case Filings (Number of Causes)

853814

759719

374

1st Offences AgainstLife

2nd Narcotics Act 3rd Firearm,Ammunition, Explosive,Firework and Imitation

Firearm Act

4th Petty Offences 5th Offences to Theftand Snatching

New Criminal Case Filings (Number of Offences)

Court Types of Cases

Cases Pending

from Previous

Years



Cases Disposed

(%)

Cases Pending

End of Year

Civil Cases 2,404 1,420 3,824 2,868 75.00 956

Election Cases 0 27 27 26 96.30 1

Juvenile and Family Cases 63 46 109 80 73.39 29

Bankruptcy Cases 38 13 51 48 94.12 3

Bankruptcy Cases

(Business Rehabilitation)15 3 18 17 94.44 1

Intellectual Property and

International Trade Cases149 8 157 150 95.54 7

Tax Cases 79 0 79 79 100.00 0

Labour Cases 979 147 1,126 1,099 97.60 27

Commercial Cases 256 126 382 279 73.04 103

Environmental Cases 21 19 40 23 57.50 17

Civil Cases for Holders of

Political Position2 2 4 1 25.00 3

Consumer Cases 354 331 685 398 58.10 287

Total 4,360 2,142 6,502 5,068 77.95 1,434

THE

SUPREME

COURT

The Supreme Court C. Case Pending and Case Disposed in Civil Cases in the Supreme Court

Court Types of Cases

Cases Pending

from Previous

Years



Cases Disposed

(%)

Cases Pending

End of Year

Criminal Cases 2,421 3,577 5,998 3,499 58.34 2,499

Criminal Cases for Holders of

Political Position119 349 468 234 50.00 234

Juvenile and Family Caes 45 38 83 58 69.88 25

Intellectual Property and

International Trade Cases74 9 83 76 91.57 7

Bankruptcy Cases 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Consumer Cases 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Environmental Cases 236 241 477 329 68.97 148

Torts Cases 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Total 2,895 4,214 7,109 4,196 59.02 2,913

The Supreme Court

THE

SUPREME

COURT

D. Case Pending and Case Disposed in Criminal Cases in the Supreme Court

CHAPTER 2 STATISTICS OF CASES IN THE COURTS OF APPEALS:

- THE COURT OF APPEAL - THE COURT OF APPEAL, REGION I – IX

- THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR SPECIALIZED CASES

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647 1,922 2,569 3,833 15,638 19,471 22,040 3,853 15,860 19,713 89.44 627 1,700 2,327

Region I 250 220 470 2,143 2,384 4,527 4,997 2,107 2,405 4,512 90.29 286 199 485

Region II 232 340 572 1,235 2,193 3,428 4,000 1,219 2,314 3,533 88.33 248 219 467

Region III 183 216 399 1,984 1,933 3,917 4,316 1,813 2,022 3,835 88.86 354 127 481

Region IV 379 359 738 1,945 2,185 4,130 4,868 1,796 2,177 3,973 81.61 528 367 895

Region V 49 75 124 1,151 1,312 2,463 2,587 1,139 1,345 2,484 96.02 61 42 103

Region VI 77 90 167 1,238 1,532 2,770 2,937 1,183 1,512 2,695 91.76 132 110 242

Region VII 111 75 186 1,119 1,693 2,812 2,998 1,113 1,640 2,753 91.83 117 128 245

Region VIII 116 113 229 1,231 2,090 3,321 3,550 1,262 2,097 3,359 94.62 85 106 191

Region IX 32 35 67 679 1,443 2,122 2,189 668 1,417 2,085 95.25 43 61 104

293 50 343 5,019 347 5,366 5,709 4,766 341 5,107 89.46 546 56 602

2,369 3,495 5,864 21,577 32,750 54,327 60,191 20,919 33,130 54,049 89.80 3,027 3,115 6,142

Note : The Court of Appeal for Specialized Case was established at 1st October 2016

The Courts of AppealsA. Case Pending and Case Disposed in Appellate Courts

Court

Cases Pending from

Previous YearsNew Filings

Total

Cases

Filed in

the Courts

Cases Disposed

Cases

Disposed

(%)

Cases Pending End of

Year

Court of Appeal

Court

of

Appeal

Total

Court of Appeal for

Specialized Cases

Note : The causes of action and offences in this page did not include the Court of Appeal for Specialized Cases

B. Top 5 Causes of Action and Offences in the Courts of Appeals (New Filings in 2018)

The Court of Appeal and the Court of Appeal, Region I-IX

1,917

1,375 1,231

495 447

1st Torts 2nd Eviction 3rd Land Dispute 4th Breach of Contract 5th Revoke the JuristicAct


3,009

2,754 2,630 2,626

2,196

1st Drug Offences Act 2nd Firearm, Ammunition,Explosives, Firework and

Imitation Firearm Act

3rd Offences to Theft andSnatching

4th Petty Offences 5th Land Traffic Act


C. Types of Cases in the Court of Appeal for Specialized Cases

Cases

Tax Cases

Labour CasesIntellectual Property and International Trade

Cases (Civil)

Bankruptcy Cases (Civil)

Bankruptcy Cases (Business Rehabilitation)

Juvenile anf Family Cases (Civil)

Intellectual Property and International Trade

Cases (Criminal)

Bankruptcy Cases (Criminal)

Juvenile anf Family Cases (Criminal)

Total

D. Proportion of Types of Cases in the Court of Appeal for Specialized Cases

372

109

3

285

5,709

63

17

2

37

602

83.06

84.40

33.33

87.02

89.46

28

343

3898

126

299

30

337

87

3

257

5,366

309

92

1

248

5,107

The Court of Appeal for Specialized Cases

35

22

0

8 28

337

43

47

6

92.04

74.56

86.42

83.33

104 67.53

Cases Pending

from Previous

Years

New Filings Cases DisposedCases Disposed

(%)


Year

Total Cases Filed

in the Court

Civil Cases

Criminal Cases

170

28

34

4065

141

312

18 136 50

4235

169

346

36

154

Labour Cases; 74%

Tax Cases; 3%

Intellectual Property and International Trade Cases

(Civil); 3%

Bankruptcy Cases (Civil); 6%

Business Rehabilitation Cases; 1%

Juvenile anf Family Cases (Civil); 6%

Intellectual Property and International Trade Cases

(Criminal); 2%

Bankruptcy Cases (Criminal); 0%

Juvenile anf Family Cases (Criminal); 5%

Criminal Cases7%

CHAPTER 3 STATISTICS OF CASES IN

COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM

a) Courts of First Instance in Bangkok and Region I-IX

Civil

Cases

Consumer

Cases

Environ

mental

Cases

Criminal

CasesTotal

Civil

Cases

Consumer

Cases

Environ

mental

Cases

Criminal

CasesTotal

Civil Court 2,448 1,968 7 * 4,423 9,006 6,516 2 * 15,524

South Bangkok Civil Court 1,290 1,068 0 * 2,358 3,720 1,846 0 * 5,566

– Commercial Cases 0 * * * 0 133 * * * 133

Total South Bangkok Civil Court 1,290 1,068 0 0 2,358 3,853 1,846 0 0 5,699

Thonburi Civil Court 607 857 0 * 1,464 3,181 3,239 0 * 6,420

Total Civil Courts in Bangkok 4,345 3,893 7 * 8,245 16,040 11,601 2 * 27,643

Criminal Court * * * 1,615 1,615 * * * 3,891 3,891

– Narcotics Cases * * * 778 778 * * * 4,274 4,274

– The Human Trafficking Cases * * * 43 43 * * * 77 77

Total of The Criminal Court * * * 2,436 2,436 * * * 8,242 8,242

South Bangkok Criminal Court * * * 474 474 * * * 3,781 3,781

Thonburi Criminal Court * * * 396 396 * * * 4,568 4,568

Total Criminal Courts in Bangkok * * * 3,306 3,306 * * * 16,591 16,591

The Criminal Court for Corruption

and Misconduct Cases1 4 * * 416 420 3 * * 1,052 1,055

Provincial Courts in Regions I-IX 33,124 94,303 24 29,965 157,416 149,591 507,768 84 402,576 1,060,019

Kwaeng Courts in Regions I-IX 5,169 41,484 6 6,649 53,308 24,319 298,948 6 155,304 478,577

Total Cases 42,642 139,680 37 40,336 222,695 189,953 818,317 92 575,523 1,583,885

b) Specialized Courts

Civil

Cases

Criminal

CasesTotal

Civil

Cases

Criminal

CasesTotal

Central Bankruptcy Court 179 8 2,169 577 26 6,018

Central Tax Court 122 * 122 245 * 245


International Trade Court539 225 764 603 3,262 3,865

Labour Courts 2 4,395 * 4,395 20,296 * 20,296

Juvenile and Family Courts 3 3,556 1,728 5,284 17,214 16,808 34,022

Total Cases 8,791 1,961 12,734 38,935 20,096 64,446

Note : * The case at hand is not under jurisdiction of the court1 The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases consists of the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases

and The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases, Region I - IX

A. Case Pending and Case Disposed in Courts of First Instance, Thailand

Specialized Courts

Court

Cases Pending from Previous Years New Filings

Courts of First Instance in Bangkok and Region I-IX

Court


Bankruptcy Cases Bankruptcy Cases

1,982

*

*

*

1,982

*

5,415

*

*

*

5,415

*

Civil

Cases

Consumer

Cases

Environm

ental

Cases

Criminal

CasesTotal

Civil

Cases

Consumer

Cases

Environ

mental

Cases

Criminal

CasesTotal

8,116 6,500 0 * 14,616 73.27 3,338 1,984 9 * 5,331

3,308 1,977 0 * 5,285 66.70 1,702 937 0 * 2,639

18 * * * 18 13.53 115 * * * 115

3,326 1,977 0 0 5,303 65.82 1,817 937 0 0 2,754

2,871 3,383 0 * 6,254 79.33 917 713 0 * 1,630

14,313 11,860 0 * 26,173 72.93 6,072 3,634 9 * 9,715

* * * 3,914 3,914 71.09 * * * 1,592 1,592

* * * 4,559 4,559 90.24 * * * 493 493

* * * 82 82 68.33 * * * 38 38

* * * 8,555 8,555 80.12 * * * 2,123 2,123

* * * 3,775 3,775 88.72 * * * 480 480

* * * 4,554 4,554 91.74 * * * 410 410

* * * 16,884 16,884 84.86 * * * 3,013 3,013

4 * * 1,005 1,009 68.41 3 * * 463 466

147,814 520,832 82 405,590 1,074,318 88.24 34,901 81,239 26 26,951 143,117

23,928 297,174 11 155,907 477,020 89.68 5,560 43,258 1 6,046 54,865

186,059 829,866 93 579,386 1,595,404 88.31 46,536 128,131 36 36,473 211,176

Civil

Cases

Criminal

CasesTotal

Civil

Cases

Criminal

CasesTotal

530 17 5,579 68.14 226 17 2,608

250 * 250 68.12 117 * 117

626 3,137 3,763 81.29 516 350 866

20,942 * 20,942 84.82 3,749 * 3,749

17,526 17,306 34,832 88.62 3,244 1,230 4,474

39,874 20,460 65,366 84.69 7,852 1,597 11,8142 Labour Courts in Specialized Courts consist of the Central Labour Court and Labour Court, Region I - IX3 Juvenile and Family Courts in Specialized Courts consist of the Central Juvenile and Family Court,

the Central Juvenile and Family Court (Minburi Branch) and Juvenile and Family Courts in Region I - IX

Specialized Courts

Cases

Disposed

(%)

Cases Disposed Cases Pending End of Year

Courts of First Instance in Bangkok and Region I-IX

Cases Disposed Cases

Disposed

(%)

Cases Pending End of Year

Bankruptcy Cases Bankruptcy Case

5,032

*

*

*

5,032

*

2,365

*

*

*

2,365

*

The Courts of First InstanceB. Comparison of Cases Filed and Case Disposed in the Courts of First Instance

19,947

8,057 7,884

10,678

4,255 4,964

1,475

14,616

5,303 6,254

8,555

3,775 4,554

1,009

Civil Court South Bangkok Civil Court Thonburi Civil Court Criminal Court South Bangkok CriminalCourt

Thonburi Criminal Court The Criminal Court forCorruption and

Misconduct Cases

Group of Civil Courts and Criminal Courts

Cases Filed to The Court Cases Disposed

8,187

367

4,629

24,691

39,306

5,579

250 3,763

20,942

34,832

Central Bankruptcy Court Central Tax Court Central Intellectual Propertyand International Trade

Court

Labour Courts Juvenile and Family Courts

The Specialized Courts


429,227

166,591

233,289 248,689

146,916 139,579 141,300 155,712

120,028

365,406

149,087

209,065 218,897

136,279 124,187 123,801 143,213

109,980

Region I Region II Region III Region IV Region V Region VI Region VII Region VIII Region IX

Courts of First Instance under the Jurisdiction of the Office of the Chief Justice, Region I - IX


C. Top 5 Causes of Action in Civil Cases (New Filings in 2018)

D. Top 5 Causes of Action in Consumer Cases (New Filings in 2018)

The Courts of First Instance

258,078

169,919 166,659

119,231

75,508

1st Personal loan 2nd Credit card 3rd Student loanfund

4th Loan 5th Hire purchase(Automobile)

New Consumer Case Filings (Number of Causes)

97,472

32,158

11,767 10,9547,536

1st Execution ofinheritance

2nd Torts 3rd Subrogation 4th Loan 5th Sale


Court of First Instance

F. Top 5 Offences in Criminal Cases (New Filings in 2018)

E. Top 5 Causes of Action in Environmental Cases (New Filings in 2018)

344,707

181,729

49,07933,732 25,215

1st Narcotics Act 2nd Land Traffic Act 3rd Gambling Act 4th Firearm,Ammunition, Explosive,Firework and Imitation

Firearm Act

5th Offences to Theftand Snatching


65

96 5 3

New Environmental Case Filings (Number of Causes)

1st Claim for compensation arising from damages incurred to natural forest resource

2nd Claiming for damages to life, body, health, property, or any other right

3rd Filing a motion for protecting and conserving natural resources or the environment of the community, Claim forcompensation arising from damages incurred to natural wildlife resource and Others

4th Filing a motion for paying damages of the total value of the natural resources or the others

5th Ask to resolve noise nuisance

THE CRIMINAL COURTS FOR CORRUPTION

AND MISCONDUCT CASES

A. The Criminal Courts for Corruption and Misconduct Cases in Bangkok and Region I-IX

Civil

Cas

es

Crim

inal

Cas

es

Tota

l

Civil

Cas

es

Crim

inal

Cas

es

Tota

l

Civil

Cas

es

Crim

inal

Cas

es

Tota

l

Civil

Cas

es

Crim

inal

Cas

es

Tota

l

The Central Criminal Court for Corruption

and Misconduct Cases3 209 212 0 298 298 510 0 339 339 66.47 3 168 171

The Criminal Court for Corruption and

Misconduct Cases, Region I0 13 13 0 65 65 78 0 56 56 71.79 0 22 22


Misconduct Cases, Region II0 17 17 0 75 75 92 0 71 71 77.17 0 21 21


Misconduct Cases, Region III0 42 42 0 145 145 187 0 138 138 73.80 0 49 49


Misconduct Cases, Region IV0 53 53 0 174 174 227 0 140 140 61.67 0 87 87


Misconduct Cases, Region V1 32 33 2 78 80 113 3 67 70 61.95 0 43 43


Misconduct Cases, Region VI0 10 10 0 62 62 72 0 45 45 62.50 0 27 27


Misconduct Cases, Region VII0 7 7 0 35 35 42 0 27 27 64.29 0 15 15


Misconduct Cases, Region VIII0 25 25 1 70 71 96 1 80 81 84.38 0 15 15


Misconduct Cases, Region IX0 8 8 0 50 50 58 0 42 42 72.41 0 16 16

Total 4 416 420 3 1,052 1,055 1,475 4 1,005 1,009 68.41 3 463 466

The Criminal Courts for Corruption and Misconduct Cases

Cases Pending

End of YearTotal Cases

Filed in the

Courts

Courts

Cases Pending

from Previous

Years

New Filings Cases Disposed

Case

s Disp

osed

(%)

B. Comparison of Cases Filed and Cases Disposed in the Criminal Courts for Corruption and Misconduct Cases


510

7892

187

227

113

7242

96

58

339

5671

138 140

7045

27

81

42

Central Region I Region II Region III Region IV Region V Region VI Region VII Region VIII Region IX

The Number of Corruption and Misconduct Cases

Cases Filed in the Court Cases Disposed

D. Top 5 of Government Agencies Which Have the Most Defendants Being Prosecuted to the Criminal Courts

for Corruption and Misconduct Cases in 2018

Note : Persons means the Persons in Section 3(5) of the Establishment of Criminal Court for Corruption

and Misconduct Offence B.E. 2559 (2016) Act.

C. Top 5 Offences Filed to the Criminal Courts for Corruption and Misconduct Cases (New Filings in 2018)


354334

240226

203

1st Ministry of Education 2nd Sub-districtAdministrative

Organization (SAO)

3rd Ministry of Interior 4th Persons 5th Royal Thai Police

Number of Defendants

896

98 9368 51

New Corruption and Misconduct Case Filings (Number of Offences)

1st An official dishonestly exercises or omits to exercise any of hisfunctions (Section 157)

2nd An official certifies a document which is false (Section 162)

3rd An official misappropriates the thing for his own (Section 147) , Anofficial wrongfully exercises one s functions (Section 151)

4th Offences relating to demanding, accepting or giving a property orany other benefit, or using influence for inducing or coercing theofficial to exercise or not to exercise or delay any of his functions

5th Organic Act on Counter Corruption

CHAPTER 3.1

STATISTICS OF CASES IN COURTS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE OFFICE OF

THE CHIEF JUSTICE, REGION I - IX

Courts of First Instance, Region I-IX

Civil CasesConsumer

CasesEnvironmental

Cases

Criminal

CasesTotal Civil Cases

Consumer

CasesEnvironmental

Cases

Criminal

CasesTotal

Provincial Courts in Region I 7,670 22,474 2 6,148 36,294 27,950 94,840 0 62,629 185,419

Kwaeng Courts in Region I 2,934 21,018 0 3,923 27,875 11,895 112,317 0 51,413 175,625

Juvenile and Family Courts in Region I 499 * * 184 683 2,291 * * 1,464 3,755

Total Number of Cases in Region I 11,103 43,492 2 10,255 64,852 42,136 207,157 0 115,506 364,799

Provincial Courts in Region II 3,608 9,859 3 3,062 16,532 13,618 47,807 5 39,357 100,787

Kwaeng Courts in Region II 341 2,427 0 480 3,248 2,171 24,414 0 16,954 43,539

Juvenile and Family Courts in Region II 377 * * 73 450 1,732 * * 976 2,708

Total Number of Cases in Region II 4,326 12,286 3 3,615 20,230 17,521 72,221 5 57,287 147,034

Provincial Courts in Region III 4,469 10,818 3 3,035 18,325 24,181 80,140 10 42,891 147,222

Kwaeng Courts in Region III 281 2,058 0 254 2,593 1,907 34,198 0 23,014 59,119

Juvenile and Family Courts in Region III 382 * * 300 682 2,059 * * 3,289 5,348

Total Number of Cases in Region III 5,132 12,876 3 3,589 21,600 28,147 114,338 10 69,194 211,689

Provincial Courts in Region IV 5,537 16,381 0 3,659 25,577 28,670 89,847 1 57,793 176,311

Kwaeng Courts in Region IV 316 3,141 0 437 3,894 1,572 26,811 0 8,453 36,836

Juvenile and Family Courts in Region IV 375 * * 148 523 2,395 * * 3,153 5,548

Total Number of Cases in Region IV 6,228 19,522 0 4,244 29,994 32,637 116,658 1 69,399 218,695

Provincial Courts in Region V 2,695 8,374 1 2,663 13,733 11,701 40,673 14 33,419 85,807

Kwaeng Courts in Region V 342 2,628 3 473 3,446 1,738 23,661 2 16,015 41,416

Juvenile and Family Courts in Region V 293 * * 137 430 1,328 * * 952 2,280

Total Number of Cases in Region V 3,330 11,002 4 3,273 17,609 14,767 64,334 16 50,386 129,503

Provincial Courts in Region VI 2,663 9,462 1 2,088 14,214 11,921 44,901 5 36,022 92,849

Kwaeng Courts in Region VI 201 2,626 0 276 3,103 1,130 18,358 0 6,737 26,225

Juvenile and Family Courts in Region VI 212 * * 99 311 1,290 * * 1,588 2,878

Total Number of Cases in Region VI 3,076 12,088 1 2,463 17,628 14,341 63,259 5 44,347 121,952

Provincial Courts in Region VII 2,890 6,908 6 3,320 13,124 12,869 33,871 3 37,136 83,879

Kwaeng Courts in Region VII 447 3,899 0 429 4,775 1,712 23,032 0 11,937 36,681

Juvenile and Family Courts in Region VII 279 * * 127 406 1,390 * * 1,073 2,463

Total Number of Cases in Region VII 3,616 10,807 6 3,876 18,305 15,971 56,903 3 50,146 123,023

Provincial Courts in Region VIII 2,423 6,258 4 3,564 12,249 10,448 34,639 36 50,859 95,982

Kwaeng Courts in Region VIII 218 1,738 3 248 2,207 1,501 24,921 4 16,828 43,254

Juvenile and Family Courts in Region VIII 221 * * 115 336 1,151 * * 1,316 2,467

Total Number of Cases in Region VIII 2,862 7,996 7 3,927 14,792 13,100 59,560 40 69,003 141,703

Provincial Courts in Region IX 1,169 3,769 4 2,426 7,368 8,233 41,050 10 42,470 91,763

Kwaeng Courts in Region IX 89 1,949 0 129 2,167 693 11,236 0 3,953 15,882

Juvenile and Family Courts in Region IX 126 * * 115 241 809 * * 1,798 2,607

Total Number of Cases in Region IX 1,384 5,718 4 2,670 9,776 9,735 52,286 10 48,221 110,252

Total cases of Courts of First Instance,

Region I-IX41,057 135,787 30 37,912 214,786 188,355 806,716 90 573,489 1,568,650

Note : * The case at hand is not under jurisdiction of the court

The Specialized Courts are not under the Jurisdiction of the Office of the Chief Justice, Region I - IX except Juvenile and Family Courts

Courts under the Jurisdiction of the Office of the Chief Justice, Region I - IX

Court of First Instance, Region I - IX

Court


Civil CasesConsumer

CasesEnvironmental

Cases

Criminal

CasesTotal Civil Cases

Consumer

CasesEnvironmental

Cases

Criminal

CasesTotal

26,924 95,295 2 62,628 184,849 83.37 8,696 22,019 0 6,149 36,864

11,775 113,231 0 52,052 177,058 87.01 3,054 20,104 0 3,284 26,442

2,349 * * 1,574 3,923 88.40 441 * * 74 515

41,048 208,526 2 116,254 365,830 85.15 12,191 42,123 0 9,507 63,821

13,895 51,881 6 39,621 105,403 89.84 3,331 5,785 2 2,798 11,916

2,022 22,669 0 16,887 41,578 88.87 490 4,172 0 547 5,209

1,783 * * 971 2,754 87.21 326 * * 78 404

17,700 74,550 6 57,479 149,735 89.52 4,147 9,957 2 3,423 17,529

23,684 78,137 10 43,169 145,000 87.59 4,966 12,821 3 2,757 20,547

1,931 33,755 0 22,959 58,645 95.03 257 2,501 0 309 3,067

2,086 * * 3,334 5,420 89.88 355 * * 255 610

27,701 111,892 10 69,462 209,065 89.62 5,578 15,322 3 3,321 24,224

28,366 90,613 1 58,364 177,344 87.84 5,841 15,615 0 3,088 24,544

1,558 25,913 0 8,620 36,091 88.61 330 4,039 0 270 4,639

2,312 * * 3,150 5,462 89.97 458 * * 151 609

32,236 116,526 1 70,134 218,897 88.02 6,629 19,654 0 3,509 29,792

12,214 44,927 12 34,100 91,253 91.67 2,182 4,120 3 1,982 8,287

1,816 24,814 5 16,102 42,737 95.26 264 1,475 0 386 2,125

1,448 * * 1,037 2,485 91.70 173 * * 52 225

15,478 69,741 17 51,239 136,475 92.77 2,619 5,595 3 2,420 10,637

11,910 47,432 5 35,920 95,267 88.98 2,674 6,931 1 2,190 11,796

1,017 18,203 0 6,794 26,014 88.70 314 2,781 0 219 3,314

1,293 * * 1,614 2,907 91.16 209 * * 73 282

14,220 65,635 5 44,328 124,188 88.97 3,197 9,712 1 2,482 15,392

12,445 34,478 8 37,693 84,624 87.24 3,314 6,301 1 2,763 12,379

1,750 23,024 0 11,916 36,690 88.50 409 3,907 0 450 4,766

1,413 * * 1,102 2,515 87.66 256 * * 98 354

15,608 57,502 8 50,711 123,829 87.62 3,979 10,208 1 3,311 17,499

10,475 37,268 30 51,742 99,515 91.95 2,396 3,629 10 2,681 8,716

1,395 23,834 6 16,683 41,918 92.21 324 2,825 1 393 3,543

1,193 * * 1,364 2,557 91.22 179 * * 67 246

13,063 61,102 36 69,789 143,990 92.01 2,899 6,454 11 3,141 12,505

7,901 40,801 8 42,353 91,063 91.86 1,501 4,018 6 2,543 8,068

664 11,731 0 3,894 16,289 90.25 118 1,454 0 188 1,760

811 * * 1,817 2,628 92.28 124 * * 96 220

9,376 52,532 8 48,064 109,980 91.63 1,743 5,472 6 2,827 10,048

186,430 818,006 93 577,460 1,581,989 88.70 42,982 124,497 27 33,941 201,447

Cases

Disposed

(%)

Cases Pending End of Year

Court of First Instance, Region I - IX

Case Dispositions

CHAPTER 3.2 STATISTICS OF CASES IN SPECIALIZED COURTS

THE CENTRAL BANKRUPTCY COURT

A. Cases Pending and Cases Disposed in the Central Bankruptcy Court

CasesCases Pending from


Total Cases Filed in

the CourtCases Disposed Cases Disposed (%)

Cases Pending End

of Year

Bankruptcy Cases 1,982 5,415 7,397 5,032 68.03 2,365

Bankruptcy Branch Cases 151 504 655 470 71.76 185

Application for Payment of Debts 0 3,743 3,743 3,743 100.00 0

Business Reorganization Cases 18 23 41 30 73.17 11

Business Reorganization Branch Cases 10 49 59 29 49.15 30

Restoration of Small and Medium-sized

Enterprises (SME) Sub-Issue Cases0 1 1 1 100.00 0

Restoration of Small and Medium-sized

Enterprises (SME) Sub-Issue Branch Cases0 0 0 0 - 0

Civil Cases related to Bankruptcy Cases 8 6 14 6 42.86 8

Criminal Cases 0 0 0 0 - 0

Total 2,169 9,741 11,910 9,311 78.18 2,599

The Central Bankruptcy Court

B. Top 5 Causes of Action and Offences Filed in Bankruptcy Cases (New Filings in 2018)

Others

ขอหาทขนสการพจารณาในคดอาญา 3 อนดบสงสด1st Offence under the Penal Code Section 83

2nd Bankruptcy Act, B.E. 2483 (Section 173)

Others

The Central Bankruptcy Court

34

16

42

New Reorganization Order Case Filings (Number of Causes)

1st An order to revoke the motion (Section 90/10)

2nd Order approving plan (Section 90/58)

3rd Order to implement a rehabilitation and appoint a planner (Section 90/10,90/17)

4rd An order approving composition after bankruptcy (Section 63, paragraphtwo) / Order to open the case (Section 134, the last paragraph)

20

6

3

1


1st Offence under the Penal Code Section 83

2nd Bankruptcy Act, B.E. 2483 (Section 173)

3rd Bankruptcy Act, B.E. 2483 (Section 165 (1) and Offence under the PenalCode Section 91

4st Bankruptcy Act, B.E. 2483 (Section 90/82, 171) and Offence under thePenal Code Section 83, Offences of taking a loan from any other person in theamount of one hundred Baht upwards without informing such person that thedebtor is under receivership

3,9883,760

2,303

1,2851,036

New Bankruptcy Case Filings (Number of Causes)

1st Absolute Receivership order (Section 14)

2nd The Order discharging the debtor from Bankruptcy (Section 67)

3rd Order for case closure (Section 133)

4th Adjudication of bankruptcy (Section 60 paragraph one)

5th Adjudication of bankruptcy (Section 61)

Note: No fifth cause of action in this case

Note: No fifth cause of action in this case

THE CENTRAL TAX COURT

Civil Cases 122 245 367 250 68.12 117

Total 122 245 367 250 68.12 117

B. Top 5 Causes of Action in Civil Cases (New Filings in 2018)

The Central Tax Court





Cases Pending End

of Year

A. Cases Pending and Cases Disposed in the Central Tax Court

161

64

30

19 17


1st Value Added Tax

2nd Customs Act

3rd Land and House Tax Act

4th Stamp Duties Act

5th Corporate Income Tax

THE CENTRAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE COURT

A. Case Pending and Case Disposed in the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court

Civil Cases 539 603 1,142 626 54.82 516

Criminal Cases 225 3,262 3,487 3,137 89.96 350

Total 764 3,865 4,629 3,763 81.29 866

(New Filings in 2018)

B. Top 5 Causes of Action and Offences in Intellectual Property and International Trade Cases

the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court

Cases

Cases Pending

from Previous

Years



Cases Disposed

(%)

Cases Pending

End of Year

1,818

519 493

258154


1st Bring into the Kingdom, disseminate and possess fordisseminating counterfeit goods

2nd Violation of Copyright Act B.E. 2537

3rd Bring into the Kingdom, disseminate and possess fordisseminating copied goods

4th Offence relating to trade, section 271-275

5th Importing, selling and possession for the purpose ofdisposalthe merchandise

140

61 58 55

31


1st Trust receipt, Letter of credit

2nd Licensing agreement

3rd Carriage by sea

4th To revoke decision of the trademark board

5th International sale contract

THE LABOUR COURTS

The Central Labour Court 3,539 10,849 14,388 12,503 86.90 1,885

The Labour Court, Region I 34 3,986 4,020 3,191 79.38 829

The Labour Court, Region II 423 1,880 2,303 1,826 79.29 477

The Labour Court, Region III 36 466 502 456 90.84 46

The Labour Court, Region IV 62 264 326 283 86.81 43

The Labour Court, Region V 103 972 1,075 1,012 94.14 63

The Labour Court, Region VI 10 366 376 240 63.83 136

The Labour Court, Region VII 21 807 828 715 86.35 113

The Labour Court, Region VIII 85 368 453 372 82.12 81

The Labour Court, Region IX 82 338 420 344 81.90 76

Total 4,395 20,296 24,691 20,942 84.82 3,749

Note : Case under jurisdition of labour courts is in civil case only.

B. Top 5 Causes of Action in Labour Cases (New Filings in 2018)

The Labour Courts





Cases Pending End

of Year

A. Cases Pending and Cases Disposed in the Labour Courts

6,5786,302

5,225

3,887

2,569

New Labour Case Filings (Number of Causes)

1st To pay compensation

2nd To pay remuneration in lieu of advance notice

3rd Ask to revoke or change the order of the labour inspector

4th To pay wages accurately within the specified period

5th To reinstate in the job and/or pay compensation in case of unfairdismissal

THE JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURTS

A. Cases Pending and Cases Disposed in the Juvenile and Family Courts

Civil

cas

es

Crim

inal

cas

es

Tota

l

Civil

cas

es

Crim

inal

cas

es

Tota

l

Civil

cas

es

Crim

inal

cas

es

Tota

l

Civil

cas

es

Crim

inal

cas

es

Tota

l

The Central Juvenile and

Family Courts792 430 1,222 2,769 1,199 3,968 5,190 2,838 1,343 4,181 80.56 723 286 1,009

The Juvenile and Family

Court, Region I499 184 683 2,291 1,464 3,755 4,438 2,349 1,574 3,923 88.40 441 74 515


Court, Region II377 73 450 1,732 976 2,708 3,158 1,783 971 2,754 87.21 326 78 404


Court, Region III382 300 682 2,059 3,289 5,348 6,030 2,086 3,334 5,420 89.88 355 255 610


Court, Region IV375 148 523 2,395 3,153 5,548 6,071 2,312 3,150 5,462 89.97 458 151 609


Court, Region V293 137 430 1,328 952 2,280 2,710 1,448 1,037 2,485 91.70 173 52 225


Court, Region VI212 99 311 1,290 1,588 2,878 3,189 1,293 1,614 2,907 91.16 209 73 282


Court, Region VII279 127 406 1,390 1,073 2,463 2,869 1,413 1,102 2,515 87.66 256 98 354


Court, Region VIII221 115 336 1,151 1,316 2,467 2,803 1,193 1,364 2,557 91.22 179 67 246


Court, Region IX126 115 241 809 1,798 2,607 2,848 811 1,817 2,628 92.28 124 96 220

Total 3,556 1,728 5,284 17,214 16,808 34,022 39,306 17,526 17,306 34,832 88.62 3,244 1,230 4,474


Year

Courts

The Juvenile and Family Courts

Cases Pending from


Total

Cases

Filed in

the Courts

Cases Disposed

Case

s Disp

osed

(%)

B. Top 5 Causes of Action and Offences in Juvenile and Family Cases (New Filings in 2018)

The Juvenile and Family Courts

5,625

3,088

1,269988

792

New Civil Juvenile and Family Case Filings (Number of Causes)

1st Divorce

2nd Registration of legitimation

3rd Parental power

4th Parental power of non-sui juris child to be exercised by father ormother

5th Division of the property acquired during marriage

13,517

3,4792,809

1,8501,002

New Criminal Juvenile and Family Case Filings (Number of Offences)

1st Narcotics Act

2nd Land Traffic Act

3rd Offences to Theft and Snatching

4th Firearm, Ammunition, Explosive, Firework and Imitation Firearm Act

5th Petty offences

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