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By dressing in such a pompous, outdated manner Lord Harley serves only to bring the law into disrepute and to foster the idea that lawyers and the law are old-fashioned and out of touch.

It would have been better if he had worn a long wig, a scarlet robe, black breeches and silk stockings, and lace jabots – like judges do on public occasions. That is the image we want to project.