Unionist legal challenge to Northern Ireland protocol to be heard in May Court hears case will claim the protocol breaches the Act of Union
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A pan-unionist legal challenge to the Northern Ireland Protocol will be heard next month, a High Court judge confirmed today.
Mr Justice Colton set aside up to four days for the bid to judicially review the UK government over the post-Brexit trading arrangements.
In court on Tuesday senior counsel for Mr Allister stressed the need to have all preliminary legal issues in advance of the main hearing.
John Larkin QC, the former attorney general for Northern Ireland, said: “In a case of this importance it’s imperative that no party is rushed into an inadequate or half-cocked approach.”