Brexit Challenge Filed by Northern Ireland Assembly Members

By Patrick Gower, Bloomberg News

Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly filed a lawsuit seeking a judicial review of the U.K.’s plan to leave the European Union, creating another legal hurdle to the proposed exit.

Steven Agnew, Colum Eastwood, David Ford and John O’Dowd were among members that filed the suit Friday, according to a statement from their lawyers Jones Cassidy Brett. The Department for Exiting the European Union didn’t immediately respond to a phone call and e-mail seeking comment.

The claim is one of a handful of suits seeking to challenge the manner in which Prime Minister Theresa May ...