A barrister has revealed why 'horsehair' wigs are still worn in ... entirely unnecessary in 2019 and at odds with the fact that I am arguing about matters affecting contemporary corporate Australia.

Some of the nation's courtrooms have done away with the traditional white horsehair wigs worn by judges and lawyers, but a Tasmanian barrister is collecting them as fast as they can be discarded.

Made from horsehair barrister's wigs are modelled on 17th century fashion ; English courts could drop the requirement for barristers wearing wigs amid accusations they are 'culturally insensitive ...

More recently, in 2011 it was announced that barristers would not have wear wigs or robes in the newly-created Supreme Court. But barristers’ wigs still have their defenders. Though debate has cooled ...

The practice of judges and barristers wearing a horsehair head-covering in court, inherited from the British, has fallen from favour in recent years. In Australia's most populous state, New South ...

Sydney - To wear or not to wear, that is the question confronting some of Australia's legal community as they struggle to balance the judicial scales on whether they should don traditional wigs in ...

Victorian barristers have wig, will travel . Christopher Jay Reporter. Jul 6, 2007 – 10.00am. ... One of Australia’s most loved authors reveals her weekend rituals. Lucy Dean; ...

On the day that evidence in the matter of Van ­Thoang Tran v Venture Solutions Australia was set to be heard before a jury, Justice Bell asked the counsel to remove their wigs. Barrister James Mighell ...

Barristers' wigs are part and parcel of the profession – but how did they originate and why do barristers wear them? The practice of wearing wigs in court is – unsurprisingly – an old one, dating to ...

Five barristers have been ushered out of court on the opening day of a trial for donning their wigs in the Victorian Supreme Court. Vic court refuses to hear wigged barristers - Lawyers Weekly You ...