UK policy on rulers' jurisdiction

This file relates to transfer of jurisdiction from HMG to the Trucial States, Bahrain, Qatar and Muscat and Oman and to reforms of court systems. It contains documents on:

• A report, by Sir John Whyatt, proposing the fusing of British and local courts with comparison made to Kuwait
• Memorandum on progress of 'retrocession' in Bahrain and Trucial States by W P R Mawdsley
• Report on Qatari court system, annexing trial statistic for period 1958-1961 and a record of meeting between Sir John Whyatt and Dr Hasan Kamel
• Report on the Dubai legal system by Justice Mohammad Yusif Mudawi of the High Court in Sudan
• A proposal for joint courts to try cases of mixed jurisdiction from the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan
• The appointment of H C N M Oulton as Registrar at Doha and Dubai and CV of E J Hazou
• Verdict papers to be served, on behalf of Syria, on Iranian Mohammad Rafi’ Hujjati.