The
court said Britain's EU withdrawal agreement, which effectively
left Northern Ireland in the bloc's trading orbit, was
legitimate as it was passed by the British Parliament and
overrode parts of earlier acts, such as the 1800 Act of Union.
Judge Adrian Colton rejected a number of arguments based on both
British and European Union law, saying none justified the
judicial review of the protocol requested by the parties.
He dismissed both the main case brought by the leaders of the
Democratic Unionist Party, the Ulster Unionist Party and the
Traditional Unionist Voice, and a parallel case brought by
Pastor Clifford Peeples.
The parties plan to appeal the decision, Traditional Unionist
Voice leader Jim Allister told Reuters after the decision.
Another party named in the case, former Brexit Party member of
the European Parliament Ben Habib, said the judge had made a
"politically charged decision".
(Reporting by Amanda Ferguson and Conor Humphries; Editing by
Toby Chopra and Alex Richardson)
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