The first batch of vegan court wigs are being trialled after a barrister sold 10 hemp-based headpieces to colleagues who typically wear ones made of horsehair.. Samuel March, a junior barrister at ...

Five barristers defied the decision and arrived at a case wigged up. The presiding judge took a dim view and accused them of disrespecting the Chief Justice: “She is the constitutional chief of the ...

He even went to the length of getting Mr Moss's sister to buy him a solicitor's gown and barrister's wig before appearing in front of Judge Stephen Wildblood QC on August 17 2010.

A 57-year-old man who pretended to be a qualified barrister at crown court was found out after admitting he had no legal qualifications, a court hears.

On the top shelf, I can see her dirty white barrister wig on a faceless head stand. The wig is as wispy and dry as the hair on Cathy’s real head. Do barrister wigs come with care instructions?

On a street thronged with tourists using selfie sticks and office workers glued to their smart phones, a barrister can stand out like a time-traveller from the distant past. An unmissable figure in a ...

‘All stand,’ the usher’s voice boomed in the courtroom as he opened the door for the judge. Here it was: my first ever court case as a barrister. Donned in a wig and gown, a plethora of ...

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 ...

David Evans had worn a solicitor's gown with a barrister's wig A 57-year-old man who pretended to be a qualified barrister at crown court was found out after admitting he had no legal ...

A 57-year-old man who pretended to be a qualified barrister at crown court was found out after admitting he had no legal qualifications. David Sydney Evans, of Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, walked ...