Judge rules that female baldness should be seen as a 'disability' after specialist wigmaker takes HMRC to court over £280k tax bill

Female baldness can be classified as a 'disability', judges have ruled during a £277,000 landmark court fight between a specialist wig maker and HMRC. Mark Sharp, a hair extension specialist, and former kids' TV presenter and magician Glenn Kinsey were faced with the enormous tax bill after launching hair extension and specialist wig making business Mark Glenn Ltd. 'This is not because hair loss physically prevents participation in such activities, but because of the distress that would ordinarily be experienced by a woman with severe hair loss if no steps were taken to conceal it. 'The women treated by the appellant, those with baldness or patchy hair loss rather than mere thinning, were, by virtue of that condition, "disabled".' The wig hair is colour-matched and placed to cover bald spots, with any remaining hair 'pulled through the mesh with a crochet needle' to lie alongside the wig hair.