'ملف رقم 19/165 III (C 24) الإصلاحات في البحرين' [و‎‎١‎٠‎٧] (٤٢٦/٢١٨)

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is re qu ire .3 a second court which v oul d relieve ^haik Hamad x 7se" , f
Of the oonntloaa petty cases which occurT^he Aasiatent vould sit on thi
ooart with a young member of the family whom re are treining now,in
game wty t'-r t Ifcr. a = I sit on the higher court.The arnb member vould
trke cases between Bahrain subjects ( the Asst.P.a. be^ng available to
Advise hia vhon he asks for m r»n-?v,- i „ jl
' l 1 or.) .iq A• fy m would "take crises
betveen British subjects •, protected p rsons A they would together
take cases where both classes are involved. There would be an apoeal
by Hs .nrd s subjects to him in the Higher Court, by British iub lects
to the xOliticul - gent .4 Sjm Joint court cases ih the lower Court to
the iigher Joint Court. The Lower court would h ve powers of second
class ^ gist- tes.Land cases <* cases of a semi-Politic; 1 ret re be
tween sunnis & shiahs which w- nt carefpl handling would be reserved for
the higher courts .Expe rience for f e members of the lo^ er court is
not therefore of vit 1 import' nee,as appeal is possible & the cfse3
will f11 be very simple.
I person.' 11 y should like to see the reforms put thanmgh as
fr s possible oefore I '"eave.I have no difficulty in working with
&ru*d ^ he is genuinely nxious to get things star? ight.At the s-me
time I have had no leave since 1914. & 1 do not feel I can go on
for ever. If Government would ap >oint an ssistant at once t so that
he would have picked up the work by next cold we-ther,* the survey
is started o-f as soon ^s possible,it should be possible to get
all the princip^t reforms over next cold weather.I should then ■ sk
to be allowed to go on long leave next spring.
I h; v ■ not been keeping very good health lately & f el
f
that I shall very li cely badly ne d rjcess this hot wea ther .(Kit will
be my fourth hot we^lbearijhere & I hs ve only been able to take recess
once.This following on several years vithmt leave in Iraq is be
ginning to tel"! on me. At the same tim I f^el that I would like to
see the thing through A see Hamad well started off with a clean
si- te. If the A.P.^. \ ere ppointe l now it night be os ible for
rae to take recess about August ^ ieptember ^v/hen everybody is away
diving ^ work is normal y slack. I would suggest that Government
be asked to appoint a young as iirant for 'olitical,whose mme