End of gowns, wigs advocated
PA Wellington A report advocating dispensing with wigs and gowns in New Zealand courts has been produced by a group of Auckland lawyers. Such costuming is archaic and adds little of significance to the dignity of court proceedings, according to the report of the Auckland District Law Society’s public-issues committee. The use o: wigs, gowns, and white neck ribbons had also been considered by the 1978 Royal Commission on the Courts, which had recommended they should stay, but the
one dissenting voice came from the only practising lawyer on the commission, a Queen’s Counsel, the report noted. It was doubtful that the dress of a lawyer — either on or before the Bench — made any difference to the public’s attitude towards him or the legal business he was engaged in. Such clothing was unsuitable also in New Zealand weather, especially in an Auckland summer,' the report said. Wigs were designed as a substitute for real hair, not to enhance it, the report stated.
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Press, 28 August 1979, Page 5
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