Jennie
Tuesday 7th January 2014 5:13pm [Edited]
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Quote: Tursiops @ 7th January 2014, 5:09 PM GMT
Surely the purpose of uniform is to deindividualise? All barristers look like a bottom of the dressing up box extra from a church hall Dickens adaptation, and therefore cannot use dress as a signal to influence the jury.
Yes. The principle is that we are all equal before the law - including the barristers, who all look broadly similar.
Ironically wigs and gowns are comparably priced with a new Mulberry handbag.
Quote: sootyj @ 7th January 2014, 5:08 PM GMT
Isnt the problem that serious crims can afford the top ranked private silks, so if we allow the state sector to get hollowed out. Then we'll end up like the US where if you're rich you literally can get away with murder. But if you're not best hope the guy plea bargaining you gets a decent price.
Unenforcable laws are as satisfying as a photo of a sandwich is to a hungry man.
Yes, basically. Another corking idea from the government is to freeze criminal's assets - so Mr Big Dick Drug Dealer, who has millions stashed into every orifice cannot use a single penny of that to pay for his legal representation. So he has to rely on the tax payer.