Preface Table of Contents The Annual Report on Mediation was established in 2019, aiming to promote and build trust in mediation in Thailand and to provide information to who is interested in alternative Preface dispute resolution (ADR), and in particular, mediation. The Report consists of 3 parts: Part 1 5 • Part 1, Statistics of mediation cases conducted by Institutions and/ar Agencies Statistics of mediation cases conducted by Institutions operating Mediation; and/or Agencies operating Mediation • Part 2, Academic movements on mediation in Thailand in the period January - December 2019; • Part 3, Statistics and significant sctivities soncerning sediation sonducted by the Part 2 19 Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC). Academic movements on mediation in Thailand in the In 2020, the Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC) with the cooperation of other institu- tions and agencies, operating in the mediation field, continued the promotion of mediation periodJanuary - December 2019 in Thailand, preparing the second edition of the Annual Report on Mediation. 27 The Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC) truly appreciate all the support and cooperation Part 3 received and therefore would like to thank all the institutions and agencies who Statistics and significant activities concerning mediation participated in the report.. We sincerely hope that the Annual Report on Mediation will be beneficial for everyone interested in mediation. conducted by the Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC). For comments and suggestions to improve the quality of the Annual Report, please contact the Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC) at [email protected] Thailand Arbitration Center Part 1 Statistics of mediation cases conducted by Institutions and/or Agencies operating Mediation Report on Mediation and Conciliation Results (Civil Cases, Consumer Cases, and Criminal Cases of All Courts) from January - December 2019 Office of the Judiciary Cases Cases entering into mediation system Mediation results Costs for cases Cases Settled entering Cases No Courts successfully Pending into disposed Compro- Withdrawn Total Total Costs Settled courts Previous New Total Settled Failed mediated mised 1 High Court 21,773 292 205 497 7 91 97 129,201,091.76 302 158 54 212 1,289,531,314.23 2 Court of Justice, Bangkok 47,402 7,151 14,370 21,571 858 11,222 2,017 50,138,432,931.62 7,424 4,845 14,060 18,905 71,363,032,960.74 3 Special Tribunal - Special- 22,220 5,777 8,828 14,605 1,332 4,885 2,724 7,441,689,333.16 5,664 3,942 5,046 8,988 40,350,676,103.55 ized Court 4 Provincial Court of Justice 207,417 14,665 54,120 68,785 2,765 47,268 4,586 16,767,782,602.70 14,166 17,267 65,510 82,777 44,649,771,947.41 1 5 Provincial Court of Justice 86,116 3,556 27,558 31,114 239 25,831 1,585 12,646,575,653.10 3,459 5,892 30,346 36,238 26,557,488,186.92 2 6 Provincial Court of Justice 128,660 2,100 45,169 47,269 151 43,938 1,080 15,764,558,880.77 2,100 7,920 46,385 54,305 20,583,875,757.19 3 7 Provincial Court of Justice 136,977 2,729 34,702 37,431 392 33,591 762 10,851,083,273.38 2,686 7,905 42,975 50,880 89,916,689,103.27 4 8 Provincial Court of Justice 102,664 1,963 27,873 29,836 481 26,636 696 49,480,295,203.15 2,023 4,466 30,850 35,316 19,711,973,170.05 5 9 Provincial Court of Justice 75,908 2,737 25,742 28,479 210 24,621 932 9,091,592,836.57 2,716 4,996 27,695 32,691 14,061,525,163.41 6 10 Provincial Court of Justice 69,118 4,414 21,240 25,654 744 19,730 834 13,047,611,031.23 4,346 5,388 21,819 27,207 20,260,551,823.95 7 11 Provincial Court of Justice 71,683 6,350 32,744 39,094 6,731 24,893 1,391 14,980,175,584.17 6,079 4,243 25,181 29,424 16,933,737,753.49 8 12 Provincial Court of Justice 55,887 2,012 20,353 22,365 624 19,250 554 6,283,992,469.54 1,937 2,901 20,409 23,310 113,333,562,342.41 9 13 Criminal Court on Corrup- 0 4 2 6 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 tion Cases Total Cases 1,025,825 53,750 312,906 366,656 14,534 281,956 17,260 206,622,990,891.15 52,906 69,923 330,330 400,253 479,012,415,626.62 The Annual Report on Mediation was established in 2019 The Annual Report on Mediation was established in 2019 6 Thailand Arbitration Center Thailand Arbitration Center 7 Civil Court Statistics of conciliation cases of the Mediation and Conciliation Center, the Civil Court, 2019 New cases entering into the Center Cases Settled Cases of Appeal/ Compromised Withdrawn Month Consumer Petition Legacy Total Costs of Civil cases cases Consumer Mediation Cases of Consumer Mediation Cases cases Cases Settled Civil Cases Civil Cases Consumer Cases Civil Cases Cases Appeal/Petition Cases of Appeal/Petition Jan 157 171 1 - 78 110 0 27 45 0 1 1,058,275,709.94 Feb 218 226 1 - 86 154 0 78 57 0 2 1,068,445,895.43 Mar 237 269 - 1 102 192 0 54 52 0 0 1,495,855,412.42 Apr 176 192 - 1 85 135 0 50 51 0 0 1,221,945,355.66 May 237 233 - - 135 143 0 56 60 0 0 821,558,908.45 Jun 221 259 3 - 135 159 0 42 55 0 0 2,131,210,977.74 July 198 294 0 - 109 168 0 40 53 0 0 1,482,834,949.91 Aug 217 447 2 - 128 271 0 58 64 0 0 1,008,489,978.16 Sep 178 284 2 - 100 195 2 45 61 0 2 2,179,876,451.52 Oct 224 243 0 - 139 156 0 52 56 0 1 1,692,786,149.00 Nov 226 246 2 - 135 177 2 56 43 0 0 1,042,462,425.19 Dec 190 286 - - 140 224 0 57 74 0 0 1,407,504,089.25 Total 2,479 3,150 11 2 1,372 2,084 4 615 671 0 6 16,611,246,302.67 The Annual Report on Mediation was established in 2019 The Annual Report on Mediation was established in 2019 8 Thailand Arbitration Center Thailand Arbitration Center 9 Types of Cases Entering into the Mediation and Conciliation System of the Southern Bangkok Civil Court (Civil Cases) 2019 Number of Results Case Number of Results Case Types of Cases Types of Cases Cases Settled Failed Disposed Cases Settled Failed Disposed Management of affairs without a man- Agreement 2 2 - - 3 3 - - date Breach of an insurance agreement 4 2 2 - Unjust enrichment 1 1 - - Reclamation of property 14 8 2 4 Violation 163 80 41 42 Assignment of claims 2 1 1 - Trading 50 36 7 7 Share assets 5 4 - 1 Hire of property 15 8 3 4 Arbitration 2 - 1 1 Hire purchase 12 10 2 - Revocation of sale by auction 1 - 1 - Hire workers 1 1 - - Penalty for Breach of agreement 1 - - 1 Hire to work 60 27 17 16 Overdraft 16 12 4 - Transport 1 - 1 - Claim damages 7 7 - - Borrow 56 32 11 13 Revocation of registration 3 - 1 2 Mortgage 3 3 - - Frau 3 1 1 1 Agent 4 2 2 - Payback 1 - 1 - Broker 3 1 1 1 Transfer of land ownership 1 1 - - Compromise 3 1 1 1 Insurance 1 - - 1 Current account 6 6 - - Revocation of offering 1 - - 1 Insurance 2 1 1 - Revocation of meeting resolution 3 2 - 1 Bill 31 21 7 3 Liability for Wrongful Act of 1 - 1 - Asset 1 1 - - Officials Act Land 2 - 1 1 Adverse possession 2 - 2 - Eviction 65 54 3 8 Demolishment of building 3 3 - - Public way 2 - 2 - Not specified 355 217 91 47 Easement by necessity 2 - 2 - Total 989 588 229 172 Co-ownership 7 5 - 2 Servitude 5 1 3 1 Other inheritance 7 4 1 2 Managing inheritance 31 17 9 5 Concealed act 1 - 1 - Revocation of act 17 7 5 5 Acknowledgement of debt 5 5 - - Subrogation 2 1 - 1 The Annual Report on Mediation was established in 2019 The Annual Report on Mediation was established in 2019 10 Thailand Arbitration Center Thailand Arbitration Center 11 Types of cases cntered into the Mediation and Conciliation Department of Intellectual Property System of the Southern Bangkok Civil Dispute Statistics Court (Consumer Cases) 2019 Types of Cases entering Year Month Mediated Failed In progress work mediation Number of Results Case Types of Cases Cases Settled Failed Disposed 2 2 - - Jan Copyright Not specified 529 366 102 61 Trademark - - - 1 - 1 - Total 529 366 102 61 Feb Petty patent Trademark 1 - - Bangkok South Municipal Court Mar Copyright 1 - 1 - Mediation and Conciliation Center, Apr Copyright 1 1 - - Bangkok South Municipal Court has examined the case May Copyright 1 - 1 - statistics 2019 Jul Patent 1 - 1 - 2019 Cases entered into 1 - 1 - Completed Pending Total costs Aug Petty patent the center Trademark - 1 - 1,409 cases 1,370 cases 39 cases 171,094,966.02 Baht Sep Trademark 3 - 3 - Oct Copyright 2 - 2 - Trademark 1 1 - - Nov Copyright 1 1 - - Dec - - - - - Total 19 6 13 - The Annual Report on Mediation was established in 2019 The Annual Report on Mediation was established in 2019 12 Thailand Arbitration Center Thailand Arbitration Center 13 Legal Execution Department Cases successfully Results mediated New cases Total cases entering into Month Mediated Failed Failed to mediate Percentage of the mediation (Mediated + Failed) parties entering Cases Costs Cases Costs Cases Costs Cases Costs Cases Costs into mediation January 2,216 1,240,820,725.20 1,593 518,072,339.30 192 211,453,768.41 1,785 729,526,107.71 471 377,496,335.24 89.24 February 7,278 2,745,750,778.55 5,058 1,579,461,107.35 471 221,832,323.51 5,529 1,801,293,430.86 1,711 199,547,928.84 91.48 March 1,784 704,648,723.66 1,219 1,101,615,325.25 172 88,624,454.45 1,391 1,190,239,779.70 366 155,393,292.43 87.63 April 3,495 1,731,149,249.29 2,619 667,096,474.24 286 109,243,250.90 2.905 776,339,725.14 657 421,389,837.36 90.15 May 4,843 1,717,454,521.27 3,610 1,033,018,567.55 483 203,335,324.56 4,093 1,236,353,892.11 604 728,930,734.21 88.2 June 3,171 1,606,072,583.33 2,480 950,046,467.10 300 407,677,472.69 2,780 1,357,723,939.79 372 243,104,476.80 89.21 July 3,116 1,266,554,673.57 2,305 693,808,878.58 181 1,433,182,185.13 2,486 2,126,991,063.71 599 391,301,788.61 92.72 August 2,980 1,386,890,640.38 2,315 842,560,143.31 150 168,313,603.07 2,465 1,010,873,746.38 433 339,122,371.15 93.91 September 3,286 1,130,395,582.93 2,667 712,195,999.20 182 55,221,727.52 2,849