Legal jurisdiction in Persian Gulf states

This file relates to legal cases and jurisdiction in the Gulf. It contains correspondence concerning:

• J E H Boustead's proposal that the Abu Dhabi Political Agency's legal work be taken over by Duncan Slater (1)
• Indian barrister K V Abraham's conviction for perverting justice; his claim that a witness statement by Ghulam Nabi was tampered with; his claim that an Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) employee Mohammad Rafee and close friend of Inspector Campbell induced witnesses; and his complaint that the Bahrain State Police have embarked on a course of petty persecution of his wife and children, particularly in connection with the issue of residence permits (2, 4-6, 8-9, 11, 13, 16-17, 19)
• Recruitment of Jordanian lawyers for Bahrain and Dubai (3)
• Complaint from Judge Harry Charles Neil Maxwell Oulton about the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's interference in the Das Island manslaughter case, Regina versus Roderick Ian Ross, in which Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Limited employee Khalfan Bin Harib Abdulla was run over and killed. It contains a detailed account of the legal proceedings and the jurisdiction situation in Abu Dhabi. The case led Sheikh Shakhbut to initially dismiss Commandant of the Abu Dhabi Police Force Colonel Bill Edge, thus affecting the Ruler's special relationship with the Commandant and his wife Ruby Edge (7, 12)
• Minutes of the judges' conference held at Her Britannic Majesty's Court in Bahrain on 4 February 1963 (10)
• Assault case involving a British protected person from the East Aden Protectorate, which ought to come before a joint court, but the accused is being held in the Ruler of Abu Dhabi's prison (14)
• Enquiry by Edward Crowley about the position of Judge of the Chief Court of the Persian Gulf (15)
• Division of legal work between Assistant Political Agent M Burton and Commercial Officer P H C Eyers, while the Dubai Political Agent A J M Craig is on leave (18)
• Sheikh Shakhbut's refusal to allow the police to lodge a complaint against an Australian who knocked down an Abu Dhabi national while driving a Land Rover (20)