Northern rights activist launches legal challenge to Brexit
Raymond McCord claims UK withdrawal from EU could damage peace process
Raymond McCord: his son Raymond was murdered by a UVF gang in north Belfast in 1997. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Pacemaker
An activist has launched the first legal challenge in Northern Ireland to Brexit on the grounds that it could undermine the Belfast Agreement and damage the peace process.
Raymond McCord yesterday lodged papers at the High Court in Belfast seeking a judicial review of the UK government’s plan to withdraw from the bloc.