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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
David Young

Legal bid initiated to stop Stormont vote on NI post-Brexit trade arrangements

In 2023, the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the trading arrangements for Northern Ireland are lawful (PA) - (PA Archive)

A prospective legal challenge has been initiated in a bid to prevent a Stormont vote on continuing post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland.

Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson has issued pre-action protocol correspondence to Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn challenging his move to initiate the democratic consent process that is required under the UK and EU’s Windsor Framework deal.

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