Glad to learn that judges will at last be free of those awful and uncomfortable horse hair nests. I wonder if they will go so far as to dispense with the gowns. A good suit, shirt and tie makes them look tops in my view - Is that not what the law lords sitting in the Privy Council wear?

Peter Scottney-Turbill, Rockhampton, Australia

"The only constant is change," Heraclitus is quoted as saying. But the pace can sometimes be glacial and somewhat meaningless. Frankly, I'm pleased the wigs are gone; they simply don't fit the age anymore. It's the judicial mind which must be modern and wise. Who cares if a wig sits on top of it?

Samir Kaiser, Cambridge,, England

Modernisation - a euphemism for doing away with tradition for no good reason.

Peter Lucas, Bournemouth, England

"No doubt some kind of "Common Purpose" EU influence here - abolishing the last vestiges of English tradition."

Get over it! Oh and you're completely wrong, what judges and advocates wear in court has nothing to do with the Union.

Johnno, Wrexham, UK

The new robes are smart, perfectly adequate and not really massively different from the old apart from the bands indicating judicial rank. This is a modernisation which is long overdue.

Peter Hargreaves, Stockport, Cheshire, England

No doubt some kind of "Common Purpose" EU influence here - abolishing the last vestiges of English tradition.

Malcolm Watson, Manchester, UK