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BREXIT: New legal challenge in Northern Ireland

12 August 2016

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"A campaigner for the rights of victims of the Troubles has launched the first legal challenge in Northern Ireland to the UK leaving the European Union.

Raymond McCord lodged papers at the High Court in Belfast on Thursday seeking a judicial review of the British government’s move towards Brexit.

His lawyers claim it would be unlawful to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty without parliament voting on the move.

They also contend it would undermine the UK’s domestic and international treaty obligations under the Good Friday Agreement, and inflict damage on the Northern Ireland peace process."

See: Belfast rights campaigner begins legal challenge to Brexit (Irish Times, link)

For more on the legal situation regarding Northern Ireland: Brexit - another legal challenge (Law and Lawyers, link)

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