(BBC) A judge ordered a Muslim woman to remove her veil while giving evidence at a virtual High Court hearing.
The woman was embroiled in a dispute with her estranged husband over their children.
She did not wish to be seen “unveiled” by male participants unless the judge deemed it “necessary,” barrister Alistair Perkins said.
Judge Sarah Morgan said she should uncover her face when she and her estranged husband were giving evidence.
The family court hearing was told the woman from Yemen came to the UK almost 20 years ago as a refugee and was an “adherent Muslim” who ordinarily covered her face.
