High Court set to rule on challenge to legality of NI Protocol
Lord Trimble (Brian Lawless/PA)
The High Court in Belfast is set to deliver its judgment in a challenge by unionists to the legality of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
The judicial review was launched in the name of unionists from across the UK, including former DUP leader Arlene Foster, former UUP leader Steve Aiken, TUV leader Jim Allister, Belfast Agreement architect Lord Trimble, former Brexit Party MEP Ben Habib and Baroness Hoey.
The Protocol is part of the Brexit deal and is deeply unpopular with unionists as it creates a trade border between Northern Ireland and Great Britain and means EU rules governing trade in goods still apply in Northern Ireland.