The association is also proposing legal amendments involving the use of the Arbitration Tribunal to settle legal disputes between a state agency and a private firm. After the contract's termination, the dispute was heard by the Arbitration Tribunal, which ruled in favour of Hopewell Holdings. The SRT sought the Administrative Court's intervention and the court overruled the Arbitration Tribunal's ruling. The tribunal lacked the authority to decide on the Hopewell project, because Hopewell filed its complaint after the five-year arbitration complaint period had ended, according to the Central Administrative Court's ruling. However, the SRT lost the legal battle in the Supreme Administrative Court last month, which upheld the Arbitration Tribunal's decision made over a decade ago.

Source: Bangkok Post June 04, 2019 03:11 UTC