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A legal bid arguing Boris Johnson‘s Brexit deal is unlawful and attempting to stop it being voted on by MPs has been rejected by a judge at a Scottish court.
Campaigner Jolyon Maugham QC was behind the legal challenge which was heard at the Court of Session in Edinburgh – Scotland’s highest civil court.
He argued the new deal was unlawful because it contravenes tax legislation.
He said the deal contravenes a current law stipulating it is “unlawful for Her Majesty’s Government to enter into arrangements under which Northern Ireland forms part of a separate customs territory to Great Britain”.
Changes to the agreements around Northern Ireland were a key part of the new Brexit deal agreed between the Government and the EU on Thursday.
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