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Hopewell litigants invited to appeal

Hopewell litigants invited to appeal

Court alone can rule in favour of retrial

The abandoned structures of the Hopewell mass transit project stand above railway tracks in Bang Khen district of Bangkok on Wednesday. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)

The Administrative Court on Thursday recommended that concerned parties seek a retrial of the 2019 ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court in the “Hopewell saga” following this week’s landmark ruling by the Constitutional Court.

The Supreme Administrative Court had ordered the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and Transport Ministry pay 11.88 billion baht in compensation to Hopewell (Thailand) for the cancellation of their 1998 contract to build a 60-kilometre elevated highway and rail system in Bangkok.

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