Rob Moodie, a male lawyer who appeared in court dressed in women's clothes as a protest against what he said was New Zealand's overly masculine judiciary, was suspended after being found to be in contempt of court. Moodie announced after the ruling he would quit the law altogether, and end his cross-dressing protest because he no longer needed to appear "in a 19th-century Alice in Wonderland environment that allows pomp, self-importance and deference to the court to eclipse the truth."
February 15, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A male lawyer who appeared in court dressed in women’s clothes as a protest against what he said was New Zealand’s overly masculine judiciary was suspended Wednesday after being found to be in contempt of court.
The New Zealand High Court found Rob Moodie, a 68-year-old, balding man who appeared in court in dresses and toting a handbag, was in contempt for circulating suppressed documents outside the court in one of his cases.
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