article_snippet.sent: Muslim women should be allowed to wear a full-face veil while appearing in court, Britain's most senior judge has suggested.
article_snippet.sent: Lord Neuberger, the President of the Supreme Court, said judges and courtrooms should allow women to wear the traditional dress as women should 'show, and be seen to show' respect towards different customs.
article_snippet.sent: Lord Neuberger address to the Criminal Justice Alliance came at a time of uncertainty over the place of Muslim traditional dress in the legal system.
article_snippet.sent: Last year, the European Court of Human Rights upheld a ban by France on wearing the Muslim full-face veil, the niqab.
article_snippet.sent: A case was brought by a 24-year-old French woman, who argued that the ban on wearing her face veil in public violated Rebekah Dawson freedom of religion and expression.
article_snippet.sent: Lord Neuberger also suggested Muslim women should be allowed to wear a full face veil while appearing in court . '
highlights_snippet.sent: Lord Neuberger said Muslim women should be allowed to wear a full-face veil when appearing in court to show respect to 'different customs .
  