By Kit Chellel and Patrick Gower, Bloomberg News
A Northern Irish judge rejected a pair of challenges to the Brexit process, removing at least one obstacle to U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan to begin severing ties with the European Union by the end of March.
Justice Paul Maguire said on Friday that it was beyond the power of the Belfast court to interfere in how the government triggers Article 50, the notice of departure from the EU. He dismissed claims related to lawmakers’ votes and the Good Friday Peace accord in Ireland.
A Northern Irish judge rejected a ...
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