Judgment misunderstood by the press. The argument whether Mr Smith could wear a wig was moot, in other words Mr Smith can still wear his wig and that was not the point. The appeal was about whether it was because of s.14 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act – Freedom of Expression or was it a common law right. The judgment says “Mr Smith has the common law right to wear a wig if he wishes, simply because it is not illegal to do so.”
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