Supreme Court set to rule on lawfulness of Northern Ireland Protocol

UK Supreme Court set to rule on lawfulness of Northern Ireland Protocol

The legality of the contentious trading arrangements has been challenged by a collective of unionists and Brexiteers.

Becoming effective in 2021, the arrangements instead shifted customs and regulatory checks to the Irish Sea and created new red tape on the movement of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with trade in the region remaining subject to certain EU Single Market rules.

It also includes cross community provisions that ensure controversial decisions at Stormont can only be taken if they are supported by a certain proportion of both nationalist and unionist MLAs.

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