I saw these pictures on Austin Criminal Defence Lawyer blog:
Are they really tough in America, or what?
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I do hope that those notices are not directed at the lawyers!
Ha! To be honest, I can agree with most of those. I recently had the pleasure of some very interesting work experience: one mini-pupil was late and tried to call the barrister from the robing room via tannoy, another had their phone go off in court, and one witness turned up in cropped tight top and scruffy tracksuit trousers.
Honestly! *insert posh noise here*
Oliver, that was my first thought!
Odysseus, that's shocking! Oh, the mini-pupils from hell...
.....I think a quick visit to your average Magistrates Court of a workday won't exactly reinforce the suggestion that people turn up to court smartly dressed or willing to chime in with general court etiquette - as per recent experiences with Extremely Silly Mini.
Whilst I think such signs might be a bloody good idea in the light of the above, I believe, particularly with respect to the ( at least) in court proceedings that inferrences can be drawn whether they are smartly or scruffily dressed under provisions of the CJA 03 so its a question of damned if you do and damned if you dont.
(Not that you will EVER find ANYONE drawing inferences from Judges Dressed in FROCKS for goodness sake!!)
Well, I have been told of a lady barrister who was told in court to remove her red nail varnish and then return. This was at County Court level... so the English Courts can be strict too!
I saw similar signs as to dress outside Australian pubs. Except they allowed dress shorts...
As regards behaviour and - erm - ambience - Greenwich Youth Court (a place I happily expect never to visit again) made Dante's ninth circle of hell seem like a night at the Opera by comparison. Shell suited feral youths shuffling in and out for fagbreaks and by about 11am the place waist deep in discarded crisp packets and fizzy drink cans.
Yuck! Cringing at the memory.
A solicitor advocate came into court today without a wig!!!
I know they don't have to wear one if they don't want to, but it looked veryyyyyyy scruffy.
i thought they didn't wear them. damn, there goes one of my two vague methods for working out who they are (the baffled expression and references to the 'inherent jurisdiction of the county court' being another).
dress shorts - what, like a skort? i think we need the minx to model these (if only to banish the image of her rising venus-like from cardigan bay clad in purest neoprene).
Marshalling with Judgey suggests that back in the day everyone had to wear a suit with shiney shoes, pinstripe trousers and a waistcoat, normally with the stiff collar as well when going about!!
They said they have never told people off for looking scruffy, but that he does hold it in his mind.
Red nail varnish? Really? Hardly the most grotesque thing about!
Solicitor Advocates CAN wear wigs now if they want to, however they don't have to, but it does look really bad if other side counsel are wearing them, and they aren't.
I think I am over the loss of the wig to the SA's now, it was a vital trademark of the Bar, now its been given to Solicitor Advocates it surely is all over. In the commercial world you don't give your best known trade mark brand over to other people and start letting them use it do you?
Maybe SA's should wear a hat with the letter D on it.. (ohh!)
Good find, Andro. Hadn't heard of the phrase 'muscle shirts' before.
Love it Android. Love it. The people therefore cannot complain that they hadn't been warned!
I'm guessing Michael, that muscle shirts are tight sleeveless tees which men wear to show off their arm muscles??
Pah...Americanisms :P
PA - JAMAS?
Can americans actually read or write?
The list for clothing is hilarious...only in America hey?! lol
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