DUP boycott of north-south meetings is unlawful, High Court rules

Democratic Unionist Party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has withdrawn his Executive ministers from meetings of the North South Ministerial Council (Peter Morrison/PA)

The DUP’s boycott of north-south meetings in protest at the Northern Ireland Protocol is unlawful, a High Court judge has ruled.

Mr Justice Scoffield delivered the declaration at Belfast High Court after a Belfast man, Sean Napier, brought judicial review proceedings into the lawfulness of the DUP move.