Court Dress

The Bar Council is consulting members and interested parties over proposals to introduce new court dress for advocates in civil and family matters. Later this year, high court judges sitting in civil and family matters will wear new court dress, and it is customary for advocates to follow suit. The Bar Council is asking whether judges should wear robes at proceedings where they are not currently worn, such as interim applications and if so, what should barristers wear? It is also consulting on whether the robes worn by Queen’s Counsel on ceremonial occasions should be brought into line with the everyday robes worn by QCs in court.