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Northern Ireland protocol likened to Vichy regime during court challenge Judicial review taken to ‘undo the great wrong’ done by UK, say applicants
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DUP leader Arlene Foster’s name is among the list of applicants in the review. Photograph: Reuters
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 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.