Northern Ireland has been “partly annexed by the EU” through the workings of the NI Protocol, a court challenge to its legality has been told.
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.
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A legal challenge by unionists to the Northern Ireland Protocol is set to begin.
The judicial review is being taken in the name of unionists from across the UK, including DUP leader Arlene Foster, UUP leader Steve Aiken, TUV leader Jim Allister and Belfast Agreement architect Lord Trimble.
It will be heard by Mr Justice Colton at Belfast High Court.
NI to consider smacking ban
NI to consider smacking ban
29 Apr 2021
Northern Ireland’s Justice Minister intends to put forward legislation that criminalises parents who discipline their children.
Naomi Long has pledged to include measures to ban smacking as part of the Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill due to be considered later this year.
The Alliance MLA is now seeking the approval of the Executive for her proposals.
Reasonable chastisement
Long complained that the current law allows parents to use reasonable chastisement in disciplining their children.
She noted concerns that stopping this could lead “to the prosecutions and potential criminalisation of parents”, but claimed “there can be uncertainty as to what constitutes a minor harm and potential child abuse cases may be missed”.
Tory former chancellor Lord Lamont has pressed the Government over why only 30 people could go to the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral while more than a thousand were able to attend that of a former IRA leader.
The Conservative grandee referred to the controversy in Northern Ireland which helped fuel recent loyalist violence as he questioned the “equality of rights” of citizens in different parts of the UK.
As well as protests at the so-called border in the Irish Sea following Brexit, there was anger at a decision not to prosecute Sinn Fein members for alleged coronavirus regulation breaches for attending the funeral of Bobby Storey last June.
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