Court challenge over vote to extend post-Brexit trading arrangements dismissed
Jamie Bryson at the High Court in Belfast
A court challenge over a Stormont vote on extending post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland has been dismissed, and the Assembly debate will go ahead as planned tomorrow.
Ruling today, after an emergency hearing at Belfast High Court, judge Mr Justice McAlinden rejected loyalist activist Jamie Bryson’s application for leave for a full judicial review hearing against Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn.
