Attorney General’s views may be sought over DUP meeting boycott, says High Court

DUP Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots, left, and party leader Jeffrey Donaldson (Peter Morrison/PA)

Northern Ireland’s Attorney General may need to become involved in legal proceedings over the DUP’s boycott of north-south political structures, a High Court judge has said.

Mr Justice Scoffield also expressed concern that First Minister Paul Givan and junior minister for the Executive Office Gary Middleton were not represented in the current legal action.