O frabjous day! On July 4th Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland birthed words like ‘chortle,’ ‘galumph,’ and ‘snark,’ now ...

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What Is Sir William Young Thinking? John Bowie, LawFuel publisher There’s a moment in every legal career when the robes get a ...

Supreme Court nominee Justice Dennis Dominic Adjei has come out strongly in favour of maintaining the traditional use of wigs ...

Supreme Court nominee Justice Dennis Dominic Adjei has defended the tradition of judicial wigs and gowns in Ghana’s legal system, citing their symbolic value and their role in safeguarding the ...

In 2013, Zimbabwean judges appealed for new regalia to replace worn-out, secondhand robes and wigs given to them by retired judges. "Mugabe gives an impression that he hates the British; he is really ...

Only judges wear them, and only at formal ceremonies, not in court. Official records are hazy on the hats, but Chief Justice Edward White proudly wore one in 1913 when Woodrow Wilson became president.

Judge Peter Barrie, who has been resident judge at Shrewsbury Crown Court, for the last 10 years and a judge for 14, was lavished with praise and good wishes as he hung up his wig and robes.

His proposal that Irish judges should wear brehon-style robes, not the wigs and gowns that he regarded as trappings of an alien regime, was enthusiastically supported by the poet WB Yeats.

They are the undeniable emblem of our judicial system. Perukes, worn together with robes, have been a mainstay of courtroom dress from about 1685, bringing an air of solemnity and formality to ...

England’s 1,000-year-old legal system — still steeped in traditions that include wearing wigs and robes — has taken a cautious step into the future by giving judges permission to use ...