A barrister for the UK government has told the Supreme Court that there has been no constitutional change as a result of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
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It is challenged by unionist politicians who say it breaches the Acts of Union and the Northern Ireland Act.Mr McGleenan told the court "the idea that there has been a de facto termination of the union is not a tenable proposition". "The protocol, taken as a whole and when one looks at some of its individual provisions in-depth, undoubtedly conflicts with Article 6 of the Acts of Union and we say this is acknowledged by the respondent," Mr Larkin said.Mr McGleenan said there had been "much misunderstanding" about what the protocol meant for the Acts of Union.
He said that law was designed to guarantee constitutional change would not take place "without the consent of the people of Northern Ireland in a referendum". "It remains the case that any engagement between the government and the EU on the terms of exit from the EU are non-justiciable matters.
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