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Veil row lawyer is taken off case | |
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A Muslim legal adviser at the centre of a row over wearing veils in court has been taken off the case she was working on, the BBC has learned. | |
A tribunal in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, was adjourned last week after Shabnam Mughal refused to remove her veil when asked to do so by Judge George Glossop. | |
It is expected to resume later after an interim ruling allowing solicitors and legal advisers to wear a veil in court. | |
Ms Mughal is understood to have been replaced by a male colleague. | |
The legal adviser for The Law Partnership, in Coventry, is thought to be on sick leave. | |
Last week Judge Glossop was thought to have asked for the full-face veil to be removed because he could not hear Ms Mughal properly. | |
The interim ruling said a veil can be worn in court unless it interferes with the "interests of justice". | |
The continued hearing, which is an appeal against a Home Office decision to deny a visitor's visa, is expected to be overseen by a different judge. |