The operation of the Northern Ireland Protocol has been likened to the Vichy regime during a court challenge to its legality.
A judicial review on the protocol, part of the Brexit deal that creates a trade border between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, has begun at the High Court in Belfast.
The judicial review is being taken in the name of unionists across the UK, including outgoing DUP leader Arlene Foster, outgoing UUP leader Steve Aiken, TUV leader Jim Allister and Belfast Agreement architect Lord Trimble.
Launching the challenge on Friday, John Larkin QC said the judge, Mr Justice Colton, would be asked to take a view on the legality of the protocol.
The operation of the Northern Ireland Protocol has been likened to the Vichy regime during a court challenge to its legality.
A judicial review on the protocol, part of the Brexit deal that creates a trade border between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, has begun at the High Court in Belfast.
The judicial review is being taken in the name of unionists across the UK, including outgoing DUP leader Arlene Foster, outgoing UUP leader Steve Aiken, TUV leader Jim Allister and Belfast Agreement architect Lord Trimble.
Launching the challenge on Friday, John Larkin QC said the judge, Mr Justice Colton, would be asked to take a view on the legality of the protocol.
DUP leadership contenders deliver eve-of-polls messages to party voters
Edwin Poots (left) and Jeffrey Donaldson are in the race to be the next DUP leader (PA)
Thu, 13 May, 2021 - 20:20
Rebecca Black, PA
Democratic Unionist Party leadership contenders Jeffrey Donaldson and Edwin Poots have issued eve-of-poll messages in a final bid to clinch the position.
The pair are running to replace outgoing leader Arlene Foster who announced her resignation last month.
It is the first leadership contest in the DUP’s 50-year history.
DUP leader Arlene Foster (Niall Carson/PA)
Mr Donaldson and Mr Poots face several challenges, including post-Brexit trading arrangements under the Northern Ireland Protocol, which has been reviled by unionists and loyalists as a “border in the Irish Sea”.
The pair are running to replace outgoing leader Arlene Foster who announced her resignation last month.
It is the first leadership contest in the DUP’s 50-year history.
DUP leader Arlene Foster (Niall Carson/PA)
Sir Jeffrey and Mr Poots face several challenges, including post-Brexit trading arrangements under the Northern Ireland Protocol, which has been reviled by unionists and loyalists as a “border in the Irish Sea”.
They will also want to unite unionism which is in such turmoil that the leader of the second largest pro-union party, the UUP, has also stepped down.
Just one candidate, former army captain Doug Beattie, has indicated he will run to replace outgoing leader Steve Aiken.