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Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has rejected all grounds of a challenge relating to the Northern Ireland Protocol. They found that the post-Brexit arrangements were not affected by 1800s legislation, and the loss of EU representation for Northern Ireland did not amount to a breach of fundam

Plans to require EU nationals crossing the border into Northern Ireland to apply for electronic travel authorisations in advance have been backed by MPs despite being branded as "essentially unworkable". The contentious provision in the Nationality and Borders Bill was removed by the House of Lords,

US law firm Armstrong Teasdale has announced its expansion into Ireland in order to better serve its European clients after Brexit. The new Dublin office, to be headed by partner Daniel O'Connell, will be the firm's 15th office and its second outside the US after London. It will initially focus on c

Legislation to prevent an increase in motor insurance premiums in Northern Ireland has cleared Stormont and is expected to become law by May. The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill aims to ensure that domestic statutory provision on compulsory motor insurance, as contained in the 1981 Road T

Northern Ireland’s High Court has upheld an anonymity order where there were allegations that the shield was being used to advance Sinn Féin's political aims. The court found that the possible threat of violence to the applicant, should his name be revealed, was sufficient to surmount t

Northern Ireland’s High Court has dismissed two applications for judicial review challenging The Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021. The court found that the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement had not impacted human rights laws involving abortion on the grounds of severe foetal impairment, a

Agriculture minister Edwin Poots' direction to stop Irish Sea border checks are to be suspended, the High Court has ordered. Mr Justice Colton confirmed that inspections on goods that enter Northern Ireland from Great Britain will continue until legal challenges have concluded.

A decision by Northern Ireland's agriculture minister to order a halt to checks on goods moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been branded "a breach of international law" by Ireland's European commissioner. Mairead McGuinness, the European commissioner for financial stability, finan

The House of Commons' European scrutiny committee has begun an inquiry into the future of EU law that was copied into the UK statute book to avoid a legal cliff-edge when the country left the block. The move comes after the UK government confirmed it will bring forward a ‘Brexit Freedoms&rsquo

A new book exploring the law and practice of the Northern Ireland protocol has been published online. Edited by Professor Christopher McCrudden of Queen's University Belfast (QUB), the book was produced in "close partnership" with the Office of the Lord Chief Justice.

Brexit has prompted a record number of trademark applications in the UK, according to new data. There were 195,000 trademarks registered in the UK in the past year, an increase of 54 per cent on the previous year's figure of 127,000.

Northern Ireland's equality and human rights watchdogs have called on the UK government and European Union to find an urgent solution to alleviate ongoing post-Brexit shortages of kosher food. The Jewish community in Northern Ireland is facing major issues in sourcing kosher food due to the practica

A body established to protect the rights of EU citizens in the UK is taking Priti Patel's Home Office to court. The Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements (IMA) has issued judicial review proceedings against the Home Office, as it considers their position that cit

The boards of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland have held their first joint meeting. The board members met in Dundalk to to review and plan the work of the three commissions on overseeing and

The UK government must address ethical, legal, logistical and political challenges arising from new border checks due to launch next year that will affect UK residents travelling to the EU, according to the House of Lords justice and home affairs committee. In a letter to the Home Secretary, the com