It would be like the poisoned cake that Asterix had unknowingly offered to Queen Cleopatra. Since last June, the National Bar Council (CNB) has been working on the complex issue of veiling by protesting lawyers in court. One year ago, the Court of Cassation, by the way, led the profession along this slippery blade of law. On March 2, he responded to a student lawyer at the Lille Bar who was offended that the local bar association had decided that “a lawyer may not wear a robe or decoration, no sign purporting to express a religious, philosophical, community or political affiliation or opinion“. “In the absence of a specific statutory provision and in the absence of a regulatory provision adopted by the CNB, it is within the jurisdiction of the Ordinance Board to regulate the wearing and use of the uniform of its profession.“He affirmed, implicitly referring to the CNB, its responsibility to harmonize nationally…
Source: Le Figaro
