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| No-deal Brexit legal challenge dismissed by Belfast judge | No-deal Brexit legal challenge dismissed by Belfast judge |
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| A judge at the High Court in Belfast has dismissed a legal challenge against a no-deal Brexit. | A judge at the High Court in Belfast has dismissed a legal challenge against a no-deal Brexit. |
| One of the three cases brought was by the victims' campaigner Raymond McCord who plans to appeal the decision. | |
| The court heard arguments that a no-deal would have a negative effect on the peace process and endanger the Good Friday Agreement. | The court heard arguments that a no-deal would have a negative effect on the peace process and endanger the Good Friday Agreement. |
| But the judge said the main aspects of the case were "inherently and unmistakeably political". | But the judge said the main aspects of the case were "inherently and unmistakeably political". |
| Lord Justice Bernard McCloskey added that the courts had to "respect certain boundaries". | Lord Justice Bernard McCloskey added that the courts had to "respect certain boundaries". |
| In his written judgement, Lord Justice Bernard McCloskey added: "Within the world of politics the well-recognised phenomena of claim and counterclaim, assertion and counter-assertion, allegation and denial, blow and counter-blow, alteration and modification of government policy, public statements, unpublished deliberations, posturing, strategy and tactics are the very essence of what is both countenanced and permitted in a democratic society." | |
| He also excluded a challenge against the suspension of Parliament because the issue formed the "centrepiece" of proceedings in England and Scotland. | He also excluded a challenge against the suspension of Parliament because the issue formed the "centrepiece" of proceedings in England and Scotland. |
| An appeal hearing is likely to be held on Friday, | An appeal hearing is likely to be held on Friday, |