Colour-coded gowns

Practice Direction (Court Dress) (No 5) dated 31 July 2008 provides that from 1 October the court dress to be worn by the judiciary of England and Wales exercising civil jurisdiction when sitting in court, whether in public or private, except where the relevant head of division, the senior presiding judge or the President of the Court of Protection, agrees for good reason that a gown should not be worn, will be: