Britain's top judge have said that witnesses should not be allowed to wear a veil if the evidence is contested, and there is a question about her credibility, the Times has reported. Britain's most senior judge, Lord Neuberger reportedly said this, backing Home Secretary's review on Sharia law publicly. In the course of an interview with the Times’s legal editor, Frances Gibb, Lord Neuberger clarified that a woman should not be allowed to have their covered where evidence is contested and there was a question about her credibility.
He added, previously he has been misunderstood when he was credited with backing the wearing of veils in court. He clarified that the judicial policy on veil wearing was decided from case to case. There might be cases where the judge would allow the woman to keep her veil because her evidence was uncontested and it would not affect jury's view.
His comments came after Education Secretary Nicky Morga argued that being able to see a person's mouth was important for teaching.
