Northern Ireland Protocol Lawful, UK’s Highest Court Rules

Supreme Court unanimously dismissed a judicial review appeal on the contentious Brexit trading arrangement

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson (left), Ben Habib (back left), Baroness Kate Hoey (second right), and former first minister Dame Arlene Foster (right), outside the UK Supreme Court in London, where judges are delivering a ruling on the lawfulness of the Northern Ireland Protocol, on Feb. 8, 2023. PA

The UK’s highest court has unanimously dismissed a legal challenge to Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.

In a Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday, five of the country’s most senior judges ruled that the controversial trading arrangement is lawful.