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Female lawyers are forbidden from wearing revealing clothing including sleeveless shirts or dresses according to a new dress code for advocates of the High Court released today by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK).
LSK Secretary Apollo Mboya and Chairman Eric Mutua said female lawyers should not wear revealing clothes including sleeveless shirts or dresses. However, female lawyers can now wear trouser suits and braid their hair when appearing before Judges, Magistrates and Tribunals.
LSK chairman Eric Mutua said that wearing of culottes, shorts and jeans are not allowed - whether they bare suites or not - skirts must be of dark colours and at least knee length. He added that the hair braids must be neat and held back from the face with a hair band, ribbon or hair grip when appearing before court.
"The braids should not be intertwined with coloured threads or flamboyant so as to bring the legal profession into disrepute," Mutua said.
He said that the LSK Revised Dress Code (2013) prepared by the LSK Council intends to give guidance to practicing advocates in courts and tribunals stating that ; "All manner of flamboyance and garishness must be avoided at all costs...advocates must not appear untidy or unkempt," Mutua said.
Blouses must also be black, charcoal, grey, navy blue or similar colours and may be printed materials of a combination of the colours together with cream and white.
Shoes that expose the toes of both male and female lawyers are banned unless suffering from a feet ailment when sandals can be allowed. Shoes must be black, grey, navy blue or brown.
LSK Secretary Apollo Mboya said the LSK Council revised the dress code following pronouncements on dressing by the Chief Justice that created confusion last year.
"We (LSK Council) visited some courts up country and were shocked that some judicial officers dressed down in jeans and T shirts on Fridays," Mboya said.
Source : allAfrica.com: Kenya: LSK Releases New Dress Code for Lawyers (Page 1 of 2)
LSK Secretary Apollo Mboya and Chairman Eric Mutua said female lawyers should not wear revealing clothes including sleeveless shirts or dresses. However, female lawyers can now wear trouser suits and braid their hair when appearing before Judges, Magistrates and Tribunals.
LSK chairman Eric Mutua said that wearing of culottes, shorts and jeans are not allowed - whether they bare suites or not - skirts must be of dark colours and at least knee length. He added that the hair braids must be neat and held back from the face with a hair band, ribbon or hair grip when appearing before court.
"The braids should not be intertwined with coloured threads or flamboyant so as to bring the legal profession into disrepute," Mutua said.
He said that the LSK Revised Dress Code (2013) prepared by the LSK Council intends to give guidance to practicing advocates in courts and tribunals stating that ; "All manner of flamboyance and garishness must be avoided at all costs...advocates must not appear untidy or unkempt," Mutua said.
Blouses must also be black, charcoal, grey, navy blue or similar colours and may be printed materials of a combination of the colours together with cream and white.
Shoes that expose the toes of both male and female lawyers are banned unless suffering from a feet ailment when sandals can be allowed. Shoes must be black, grey, navy blue or brown.
LSK Secretary Apollo Mboya said the LSK Council revised the dress code following pronouncements on dressing by the Chief Justice that created confusion last year.
"We (LSK Council) visited some courts up country and were shocked that some judicial officers dressed down in jeans and T shirts on Fridays," Mboya said.
Source : allAfrica.com: Kenya: LSK Releases New Dress Code for Lawyers (Page 1 of 2)