Is this sexism in court?

Photo by Heather du Plessis-Allen Soper

Journalist Laura McQuillan was evicted from the media bench at the Scott Guy trial because some court bureaucrat deemed her Pants unsuitable.

Is this sexism in the courts? I’ve been on a media bench in jeans at court. Would a guy have been kicked off for his choice of leg wear? Plus what does it matter, as you are sitting down and no one sees your legs anyway unless they are deliberately perving?

Or do people think the Registrar was correct? That court is no place for anything shiny?