Brexit: NI victims campaigner to be funded for court challenge

Raymond McCord assessed as eligible for legal aid to seek review of EU departure

Raymond McCord has launched a legal challenge to Brexit. File photograph: Matt Kavanagh/The Irish Times

Raymond McCord has launched a legal challenge to Brexit. File photograph: Matt Kavanagh/The Irish Times

The father of a loyalist paramilitary murder victim has been granted funding to mount a High Court challenge to the UK leaving the European Union.

Victims campaigner Raymond McCord was assessed as eligible for legal aid required to seek a judicial review of the British government’s move towards Brexit.

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