Watchman wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 5:58 pm Hey Kate, there’s a vacancy over there, if you’re interestedNot if Sam Allardyce gets there first.*
The Northern Ireland Protocol is lawful, a High Court judge in Belfast has ruled.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57666255
A group of unionist politicians, including Arlene Foster and Lord Trimble, had challenged the protocol in judicial review proceedings.
They claimed it was unlawful because it conflicts with the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and the Acts of Union.
But Mr Justice Colton rejected their challenge on all grounds on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr Colton found that the Withdrawal Agreement Act, which includes the protocol, does conflict with the 1800 Acts of Union in respect of free trade between Britain and Northern Ireland.
However, he added that the relevant parts of the Acts of Union are "impliedly repealed" by the Withdrawal Agreement Act.
That means that the more recent legislation automatically overrides the older laws.
He said the Acts of Union could not be used to override the "clear specific will of Parliament".
Normally, a constitutional law, like the Acts of Union, can only be expressly repealed, but they can be impliedly by another constitutional law.
Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 4:00 pm New laws trump old laws was pretty much day one of English law 101 at university.Constitutional specialists Habib and Hoey knew better. They will leave court still convinced they’re right and invent a conspiracy about liberal elite judges to explain the verdict. Trimble is the Andrew Neil of Unionist politics. Garnered some respect late in his career only to piss it all away on Brexit.
- By davidjay