Ibap Meeting Venue Change

[Valentine]

The management at Phuket Country Club cancelled the booking for IBAP's meeting this coming Friday so the venue has been shifted to Phuket Brewery, opposite Lotus. It will still be the Legal Eagles format & same start time of 6.45pm. So come along & have your legal questions answered. One of the firms represented said they will have extra reps there to answer private questions after the panel discussion has ended.

[ozymandious]

Thanks for the update Val

[NBT TV Phuket]

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IBAP changes monthly meeting location tonight to discuss legal issues.

The International Business Association of Phuket informed Andaman News that their meeting tonight Friday will be now held at the Phuket Brewery on the Bypass Road. They have arranged for light snacks for the social hour following the program. Doors open at 6:45, but members & guests can come earlier to enjoy networking. If you are a resident of Phuket, you can also check your blood group for free and register as a donor then. Phuket International Hospital will have staff on hand to check your blood type. The talk forum tonight is Legal Eagles or about Thai & Phuket laws, legal matters, procedures, bankruptcy rules, Labor disputes, and more including an informative session with Q&A by a panel presentation by representatives from 4 of Phuket's legal firms. Panelists will be highlighting some of the legal issues facing foreigners living and working in Thailand. Over the years the Legal Eagles program has been extremely popular and is one of the most well-attended programs of the year. More details are on http://www.ibap-phuket.org/

[NBT TV Phuket]

VDO: International Business Association of Phuket’s Legal Eagles forum - arbitration

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We have a special extract from International Business Association of Phuket’s Legal Eagles forum at Phuket Brewery last Friday on 12 June. Here Sam Fauma, Senior Partner, International Law Office, Phuket, talks about the Arbitration Court – how to resolve conflicts with creditors/debtors over payments due: .........

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VDO: IBAP Legal Eagles forum - bankruptcy

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Now we have another special extract from International Business Association of Phuket’s Legal Eagles forum at Phuket Brewery last Friday on 12 June. This time, Marcus Collins, a Partner in McEvily & Collins law office, talks about bankruptcy, especially how it affects Phuket’s property and development businesses: ......... www.IBAP-Phuket.org

Andaman News NBT TV (VHF dial) at 8.30am & perhaps repeats on Phuket Cable TV channel 1 at 3.30pm, 7pm 1.30am & 6.30am, broadcast to Phang Nga, Krabi & Phuket provinces & maybe Mazz Radio FM108 at 7pm in Phuket, weekdays & http://thainews.prd.go.th/newsenglish/

& www.YouTube.com/AndamanNews

[Valentine]

The meeting was well attended, 80 people which filled up the room. The usual issues of land ownership were discussed & there still seems to be no concise answer to length of lease & how well it can be enforced.

With the recession upon us queries were put to the panel regarding lay offs & severance pay. A Thai came up to the microphone & it seemed to me he thought there was conspiracy to lay off all the Thai staff. I would tend to think foreign employees would be first to go considering their salaries are generally higher but one must consider that most staff in this country are Thai so if layoffs do happen then yes Thai people will be effected. However laying off staff is a drastic measure & is a sign that business is not good & even then I would think most employers would try & find a way to keep their workers.

Next month the meeting will again be held at Phuket Brewery as there were only favourable comments about the location. Topic & speaker yet to be finalized but a couple of very interesting ones have been lined up.