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: Current AwarenessCivil judges ditch wearing wigs - BBC News
By traceydennis
“Judges in civil and family cases in England and Wales have stopped wearing wigs as part of a new dress code.”
BBC News, 1st October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Full post as published by Current Awareness on October 01, 2008 (boomark / email).
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