The Omani judiciary had a major overhaul last week with Royal Decree 35/2022 which re-constituted the Supreme Judicial Council, abolished the administrative court, and brought the Public Prosecution under the supervision of the judiciary. This significant development is part of the efforts of Sultan Haitham to re-structure the Omani government, which had previously included a major restructuring of the executive branch of the government and has now addressed the judiciary.
Author: Ali Al-Abri
Ali has over 15 years of experience working as a lawyer for the government of Oman, in private practice, and in a state-owned enterprise in the waste management sector. His areas of subject matter expertise include environmental law, commercial law, and litigation. He holds an LLB from the University of Swansea, an LLM in French and European Union Law from Cergy-Pontoise University in France, and an LLM in International Commercial Law from the University of Dundee. Ali is also a co-founder of Decree.