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the 'new procedure which , of course, simply menus
the substitution of the prescribed procedure for the

former Judicial Assistant's private ideas, As our
litigants in Civil Cnsos are mostly drawn from the
shady side of the Bahrain bazaar the shock certainly
does no harm, and if it could only receive more

publicity would, I am sure, influence the Bahrain
Courts. Unfortunately, although Her Britannic
Majesty's Court for Bahrain is > of course, open to the
public, the Bahrain public does not display the
slightest interest. Those persons who, like Abdullah

al Wazzan and the "journalists" of Saul: al Bahrain ore
loud-mouthed in condemnation of the administration*
of justice in Bahrain will not take any trouble to see
what in fact goes on. One of those sol-dlsant

reporters, on being expressly requested by the Registrar
to come to the Court replied that it was not very
interesting • • • . the cases took a long time • • • t it was
hot.... he would bo bored.
5. I do not think, however, that it has ever been
believed that we could reform the Bahrain Courts by the

example of our own practice alone, The direct
methods proposed wares -
(1) The introduction of a codo of lav/s specially
adapted to the Persian Gulf, which wo should persuade
the Ruler of Bahrain to apply.

(2) The appointment of a British Judicial
Adviser to the Ruler.
(3) The sending of a few suitable Bahrainis to
England for legal training.
(4) A direct 'injection' of our notions of
procedure into the Jojnt Courts through the

/Registrar • • •