Support plea to set up a union
Published: 28 December 2006
THE Bahrain Bar Association called for the support of the government and National Assembly in the establishment of a lawyers’ union.
President Dr Abbas Hilal urged lawyers to continue to push for the establishment of such a body, which he said had been shelved indefinitely.
He told the rally that a draft law to set up the union was forwarded to His Majesty King Hamad and then given to the Justice Ministry to be issued, but it never did.
“Later, the draft law came up before parliament, but was never passed.”
“We are surprised with the issuance of amendments to the advocacy law of 1980, which allows foreign firms to operate in Bahrain,” he said.
Support plea to set up a union
Published: 28 December 2006
THE Bahrain Bar Association called for the support of the government and National Assembly in the establishment of a lawyers’ union.
President Dr Abbas Hilal urged lawyers to continue to push for the establishment of such a body, which he said had been shelved indefinitely.
He told the rally that a draft law to set up the union was forwarded to His Majesty King Hamad and then given to the Justice Ministry to be issued, but it never did.
“Later, the draft law came up before parliament, but was never passed.”
“We are surprised with the issuance of amendments to the advocacy law of 1980, which allows foreign firms to operate in Bahrain,” he said.
“It is unconstitutional and a violation of the principle of separation of the powers.
“Local lawyers will be neglected and all the business will go to these foreign legal firms.
“We have also demanded a lawyers social insurance system, but we are still waiting for this to happen.
“We demand that lawyers should be included in decision-making process. “We will continue working towards achieving our demands and we will work with parliament and the Shura Council to change the law.”
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