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Labour Procedural Law : Selected Issues on

Decisions and Judicial Interpretations of the

Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal for
Specialized Cases

Thachvud Puttisombat

Judge in the Research Division of the Court of Appeal for Specialized Cases

(Labour Case Division)

Pattarawan Songkampol
Judge in the Research Division of the Court of Appeal for Specialized Cases

(Labour Case Division)

Sunart Harnpianpong
Judge in the Research Division of the Supreme Court

(Labour Case Division)

Abstract

The procedure in the labour court of Thailand is prescribed in the Act on

Establishment of Labour Courts and Labour Court Procedure B.E. 2522 (1979). It has
been used for more than 40 years and has been developed, through the interpretation
of the court, into a separated body of law departing from its predecessor – the Civil

Procedure Code. This Article is then trying to study and examine some legal problems
regarding the interpretation of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal for Specialized

Cases concerning the application of the Act in certain areas.
Article 29 of the Act permits the labour court to adopt its own rules to govern

the proceedings in the court; and article 31 allows the provisions of the Civil Procedure

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