Judicial appointments

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Proposed appointment of Sir Richard Le Gallais as Judge of the Chief Court for the Persian Gulf in addition to his present appointment in Aden
• The Gulf judiciary system in general, its problems, and the approval of a reorganisation scheme proposed by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf R S Crawford
• Appointment of William Henry Pridmore as Assistant Judge of the Bahrain Court because three connected defamation cases among the Pakistani community in Bahrain must be heard by three different judges, in February 1967
• Appointment of Alastair Robin Peter Patrick Keith Cameron as Assistant Judge of the courts of Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States
• Possible appointment of J B Wyatt or New Zealander Albert Ewen Otto as Pridmore's replacement, including an appraisal of Wyatt by a former colleague in the Nigerian police force and Otto's application form and eventual appointment
• Appointment of William John Palmer as Judge of the Chief Court for the Persian Gulf, replacing Sir John Whyatt
• Unexpected resignation of Pridmore in 1966, currently stationed in Dubai, due to personal and family concerns
• Revoked appointments of Palmer and Pridmore
• Appointment of Palmer as Judge of HBM's Court of Qatar
• Accommodation problems experienced by Judge Otto