Arrests hit 6,000 as Turkey cracks down on armyTurkey widened a crackdown on suspected supporters of a failed military coup on Sunday, taking the number of people rounded up in the armed forces and judiciary to 6,000, and the government said it was in control of the country and economy. More… |
ADGM Courts appoints senior judgesAbu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial centre in Abu Dhabi, has appointed four judges to the Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts. Lord Mark Saville of Newdigate PC, the Hon. Kenneth Hayne AC, Si More… |
New entrepreneurship award judges revealedThe Bahrain Award for Entrepreneurship has revealed its panel of judges comprising some of the region’s most innovative business minds. The award will see all applicant businesses assessed by the diverse group of judges from More… |
Women to make up 50pc of new Bahraini judgesAbout 50 per cent of new judges selected as part of an initiative to train more Bahrainis for the post will be women, it has emerged. President of the Supreme Judicial Council and the Cassation Court Salem bin Mohammed Al Kuwari r More… |
Saudi plans new training centres for judgesSaudi Arabia said on Tuesday it would set up training centres for its judges, overriding resistance from religious conservatives in a move that should accelerate judicial reforms in the kingdom. Changes to the legal system are see More… |
Egypt protests continue over Mursi powersHundreds of protesters were in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a sixth day on Wednesday, demanding that Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi rescind a decree they say gives him dictatorial powers. Five months into the Islamist leader More… |
Saudi judges decry Westernising of legal reformsSaudi Arabian judges who enforce sharia (Islamic law) have condemned what they see as "the stench of Western ideas" in sweeping legal reforms in the kingdom. In a letter to Justice Minister Mohammed al-Issa seen by Reute More… |
Ernst & Young names judges for business awardErnst & Young, a global leader in advisory services, has announced the independent judging panel for its Entrepreneur Of The Year (EOY) Award 2011 in the UAE. The award recognizes and champions entrepreneurs who have built successful, More… |
Ernst & Young names judges for business awardErnst & Young, a global leader in advisory services, has announced the independent judging panel for its Entrepreneur Of The Year (EOY) Award 2011 in the UAE. The award recognizes and champions entrepreneurs who have built successful, More… |
Bahrain courts try over 105,000 casesBahrain's courts have heard a total of 105,030 cases during the official judicial term from last September to May, compared to with 99,936 cases heard in the previous judicial term, according to new statistics. It follows the employment of More… |