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£1,000 usually seconds...£5.000 probably tomorrow. £`10,000 likely 2/3 days and anything more can take 3/4 days.

8 hours ago, Peterphuket said:

When something happens to yourself, for example you die, the money (800.000 thb) is no longer available or accessible to anyone.

That was for me the main reason to use for the first time, after many years a agent.

It cost me now 19500 thb, including multiple entry for a whole year, but have to accept it.

If you have a Will, you can leave your assets to whoever you wish. The 800,000baht will go to whoever you name in your will. Might need a lawyer to obtain Thai probate though.

2 hours ago, stephenterry said:

2pm to 5pm is an inconvenience if trying to buy at a supermarket, while many bars, restaurants and family shops are open, presumably paying off the police when required. 

 

As for tourists I would expect their hotels serve alcohol if required, at all times. 

 

If scrapped, winners are bars, restaurants, supermarkets and family shops, losers would be police and maybe hotels. 

 

So who has the biggest clout to retain or dismiss this law?

 

Just as ridiculous having to wait till 11 am to buy alcohol

 

 

Perhaps someone with more time than me could provide a list of all hotels and other interests this man has in Thailand, so that we expats can avoid them, and advise our visiting friends and relatives to do the same.

2 hours ago, KannikaP said:

And if it had been a female???????

That was not the point.  It was a male as opposed to a female and any other information about said person was irrelevant. Treat everyone the same...........kathoeys too!

14 minutes ago, outsider said:

Whatever happened to ban on travelling in back of pick-ups?

 

Exactly the same thing that happened to bans/rulings on helmets, seat belts, DUI, using mobile devices while driving, speeding, riding on pavements, driving/riding against flow, parking etc. etc. - you name it. What happened to all that? Basically nothing. The square-root of jack! Lest one forgets, TiT. When they vow to crackdown on this and enforce that, that's all they are doing - vowing. It's basically hot air. Nothing will happen. When something does happen, the knees will jerk a little, then 'mai bphen rai' and 'sabai sabai' will kick in and everything will be back to 'normal'.

 

 

Sad but true!

Caught in the act. Top him immediately! Murder deserves death!

3 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Irrelevant if the OP's father wants his wife to have everything.

The point was that originally he didn't want the wife to have the UK assets. After the wife raisied a stink he is giving her the UK house.  One of the conditions of making/remaking a Will is that the the person is of sound mind. One must assume the solicitor is satisfied he is.  Sorry for the daughter who it seems will end up with nothing.

Sorry to hear of the new probems with the Thai Wife. Doesn't she have enough properties in Thailand to live in? Your Dad says she needs the UK house to live in after obtaining citizenship.  Has that been applied for.? If not living permanently in the UK, unlikely it will be granted.  Not something that is granted overnight! Even widows I have helped here in Thailand who had citizenship, have no desire to live in the UK after the death of their husbands.

Makro Buriram still enforcing masks,

Does this mean the signs outside Makro and other supermarkets and department stores saying effectively  "no mask-no entry" cannot be enforced?

Time for Hun Sen to provide a few tips to Prawit!

4 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

Evil. Execution is too good for these weirdo types. 

Not if it is painfully slow execution.   Perhaps the boiling water treatment should be applied first!

9 hours ago, d4dang said:

Evil. Vile. Hopefully the perps will be locked up forever. 

Not good enough. They should die!

It was a one on one fight -for whatever reason. Looks like the Thai fell and hit his head on the kerb.

4 hours ago, d4dang said:

Two quality tourists to do quality time after donating their car. These thugs deserve life. 

If the Thai man should die, the deserve death!

If the woman rented a room, surely she would have provided her ID card, and particulars  or a copy taken.  No problem finding her then!

30 minutes ago, Padthaigoong said:

Family of four on a motorbike with no helmets still ok ?

Only 4?  Regularly see 5 up down my way!

Let the government decide whats legal and what's not, and punish the transgressors accordingly. Same with the myriad of motoring laws, that nobody adheres to because there are so few punishments meted out.   The failure to enforce laws in both regards costs many many lives!

If the murderer should find himself in a wat for a funeral/cremation. how many of the local faithful will abandon the Wat forever.?  If I were a Thai with their Buddha beliefs, I would never go near the wat again, if the monks feel it is ok to send this monster on his way.

He deserves absolutely nothing. Throw his body to the sharks or crocodiles!

4 minutes ago, donx said:

My understanding is that the daughter wants all UK assets to go to her and all Thai assets to go to the wife. I could be wrong, but that is how I read one of her response posts.

You are correct donx, and I have amended my earlier post . The daughter is indeed seeking the UK assets, and that was how the original, now invalid Will was worded.  At present, if and when the Father dies, his UK assets go to his Wife via intestacy. If the Father wants his UK assets to go to his daughter, as was his original intention prior to marriage, then he MUST make a new Will.  He must also make a Thai Will to ensure all assets in Thailand go to his wife and are not shared with the daughter

In the event that the Father should die before a new UK Will can be drawn up, I would imagine the daughter (Holly) would have a valid liability claim against the solicitor who advised the original Will was still legally standing..

18 minutes ago, donx said:

You mention that a simple Thai Will can be drawn up so that the wife inherits all Thai assets. What about the UK assets? Can those be directed to the daughter using the same Thai Will?

If Wills are required, then separate Wills for the UK and Thailand are required. The Wife automatically inherits in the UK, by virtue of intestacy,  If there are any assets in Thailand (ie bank account, motor vehicles condo) in Fathers name, then a Will would be required to ensure the wife receives all and does not share with daughter.  Foreigners  are not able to own land in Thailand, despite the father's attestations. They can technically own buildings/houses on land owned by a Thai, but that is very unusual.