British Judges No Longer Required To Wear Wigs


	British Judges No Longer Required To Wear Wigs

sohil

7-14-2007 1:32 PM

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sohil says:

At least for civil and family court cases that is.

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7-15-2007 9:57 AM

Deepti

I'm glad there are no wigs in India...

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