Deputy president of the Supreme Court Lady Hale today (2 October) advocated a new approach to attracting youths from diverse backgrounds starting first with the elimination of barristers wigs, in a meeting otherwise dominated by the issue of full-face veils in court.
In a briefing held together with Lord Neuberger to reflect on his first year as president, the outspoken deputy addressed a series of questions over the use of the niqab in court, which dominated headlines in September after Judge Peter Murphy found that defendant Rebekah Dawson must remove her veil when giving evidence.
