Bounced Cheque Lawyer in Bangkok — Criminal Action & Civil Claim to Recover the Cheque
A cheque the bank refuses to honour can be both a criminal offence under Thailand's cheque-offence law and a civil debt you can sue to recover. We usually pursue both tracks together — increasing pressure on the debtor to pay while protecting your right to recover as much as possible.
Scope of bounced cheque lawyer work in Bangkok
- Criminal action under the cheque-offence law
- Civil claim to recover the cheque amount plus interest
- Demand letters and settlement negotiation
- Checking limitation periods and filing deadlines for cheque cases
- Enforcement — asset tracing, seizure, and garnishment
Process
- 1Gather the cheque, the bank's dishonour slip, and proof of the underlying debt
- 2Issue a demand letter requiring payment within a set period
- 3File criminal and/or civil action per the right strategy
- 4Negotiate settlement or litigate through to judgment and enforcement
Documents to prepare
- •The original cheque and the bank's dishonour slip
- •The contract or proof of the debt the cheque was meant to pay
- •ID card / company affidavit
- •Any record of prior demands (if available)
About our team in Bangkok
Service for Bangkok and its metropolitan area — Thailand's capital and its financial and industrial hub. We have a Bangkok branch office in Lat Phrao and appear at the Civil, Criminal, Central Labor, Central Tax, and Central IP & International Trade Courts. We cover factories and operators across Bangkok-area industrial estates such as Lat Krabang, Bang Chan, Gemopolis, Nava Nakorn, Bang Kadi, Bangpoo, and Bang Phli — labor and wrongful-termination cases, import-export customs, BOI investment, and commercial-contract advisory.
We specialize in Bangkok's specialized courts — IP, Central Tax, Central Labor, and Central Administrative — plus M&A, foreign investment, and advisory work for factories in industrial estates: labor and termination disputes, factory and environmental compliance, customs procedures, and BOI privileges. We keep a Bangkok branch office in Lat Phrao and our partners travel to Bangkok regularly, serving clients at lower cost than a downtown-capital firm.
Courts we appear at in Bangkok
- •Bangkok South Civil Court
- •Civil Court
- •Criminal Court
- •Central Labor Court
- •Central Tax Court
- •Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court
Bangkok and metro (Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan), including the Lat Krabang, Bang Chan, Gemopolis, Nava Nakorn, Bang Kadi, Bangpoo, and Bang Phli industrial estates
Past matters in Bangkok
- International IP case at CIPIT Court
Contact our Bangkok attorneys
We serve clients across Thailand. Initial consultation.
Frequently asked questions — bounced cheque lawyer in Bangkok
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