Wigs off as Britain ends courtroom tradition

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's lawyers and judges are to break with centuries-old tradition and cease wearing white horse-hair wigs in non-criminal cases, the head of the country's judiciary announced on Thursday.

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I would imagine that they are pretty hot and ichy too.
I don't think they give the appearance of "authority" at all. To me, they're just tacking hair pieces.