Below is the full legal advice of the ‘Star Chamber’ – a group of lawyers assembled by the ERG and the DUP to scrutinise May’s arrangements on the backstop. The members of the Star Chamber are: William Cash, Nigel Dodds (DUP), David Jones, Dominic Raab, Suella Braverman, Michael Tomlinson, Robert Courts, and Martin Howe, QC.
They have reached the same conclusion as Geoffrey Cox, that the United Kingdom would have, no ‘internationally lawful means of exiting the Protocol’s arrangements, save by agreement.’
The full verdict is below:
These are the conclusions of the group of lawyers under the Chairmanship of Sir William Cash MP regarding the documents published by the Prime Minister last night, and their impact on the legal position of the United Kingdom under the proposed Withdrawal Agreement (‘WA’) and Northern Ireland/Ireland backstop Protocol (‘the Protocol’):
- Yesterday’s documents considered individually and collectively do not deliver “legally binding changes” to the WA or to the Protocol .
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