Law chiefs have urged solicitors to stop addressing jurors as ladies and gentlemen during trials.
They have also decided to ditch “sir” and “madam” when communicating with the public.
It comes weeks after concerns were raised over how prominent QCs spoke to jurors during a High Court hearing.
The Law Society of Scotland, the regulatory body for solicitors, said it had asked lawyers to stop using gender-specific pronouns.
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