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These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Is it the march of progress or the road to perdition? For centuries, the clerks sitting at the table in the House of Lords have worn barrister-style wigs.
That tradition was suspended during the pandemic, and now, it seems, may be swept away altogether. The reaction has been classic Lords. The headpieces were fully adopted as proper legal wear by and came with just as many strict rules as robes. Today, both judges and barristers wear wigs, but each has their own style. Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash. Courtroom wigs are white, often handcrafted out of horsehair, and can cost thousands of pounds. Judges used to wear long, curled, full-bottom wigs until the s when they switched to smaller bench wigs.
Barristers wear forensic wigs which consist of a frizzed crown with four rows of seven curls in the back. Many wonder why the robe and wig tradition has stuck around for so long. Traditionalists will tell you the uniform carries a sense of power and respect for the law. The robes and wigs also make it more difficult for judges to be identified by criminal defendants outside the courtroom.
Jamie Street on Unsplash. In , a case to change the dress code was brought to court, and it won. The Lord Chief Justice, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, stated that wigs would no longer be worn during civil or family cases and that judges need only one robe. The wigs and robes are still to be worn during criminal trials, but some people want the tradition to be fully wiped from the books. A growing number of lawyers feel the dress code is outdated as a suit of armor and believe the British courts should be more focused on important issues—and not on what officials are wearing.
The History Of Horsepower. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. We would love to hear from you! Please fill in your details and we will stay in touch. It's that simple! All Rights Reserved. They were a major addition which occurred in the 17th century, purely because the reign of Charles II made them fashionable to all members of polite society. Surprisingly, the judiciary actually resisted this change in fashion at first.
Prior to the 17th century, the only requirement regarding hair was that lawyers and judges maintained theirs as clean and short. Even as late as the s, portraits show judges sitting or standing wig-free. But the trend finally caught on, and even though they started to fall out of favor with the public by the s, wigs remained part of the formal dress of lawyers, judges, bishops, and coachmen. Although the requirement for bishops to wear wigs was dropped in the early s, the tradition persists in the courts—and with good reasons.
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