Legal jurisdiction in Persian Gulf states

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

• Establishment of a Joint Court in Abu Dhabi (41, 48)
• Cases where prosecution should be representation by HMG Counsel (42)
• Accounts of murder cases and cases pending in Bahrain; the question of a second court room for the Registrar (43)
• Trial of Francis d'Souza in Bahrain (44, 49, 57-58)
• Reduction of the sentences of three Indians from the Qatar Petroleum Company Limited, Fernandes, Andrade and Kakado (45)
• Availability of Counsel from Aden for two murder trials in Bahrain (47, 51, 55, 56)
• Availability of the professional registrar in Bahrain (50)
• Crown Counsel in the Gulf (52-54, 59)
• Potential transferral of Pervaiz Iqbail from Doha to Aden if convicted of murder (60)