Legal bid initiated to stop Stormont vote on North’s post-Brexit trade arrangements
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.
The vote on extending the current system is expected to take place in the Northern Ireland Assembly on December 10th.
Mr Bryson has threatened to take an emergency judicial review if Mr Benn does not respond by December 5th confirming that he is stopping the democratic consent process.
Mr Bryson’s argument is grounded on law changes introduced by the previous UK government earlier this year as part of its Safeguarding the Union deal to restore powersharing at Stormont.
He claims that if the amendments achieved their purpose – namely, to safeguard Northern Ireland’s place…
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