Those who shared most anti-Protocol platforms with Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, namely, Ben Habib, Baroness Hoey, Jim Allister and Jamie Bryson, commissioned legal advice, at their own expense, on the DUP deal from former Attorney General and leading constitutional lawyer, John Larkin KC.
The advice is focused on the central issue of Art 6 of the Act(s) of Union, the restoration of which was the DUP’s primary test among its seven tests, and on the impact of the deal on the Irish Sea border.
The advice will be available to journalists on Friday morning at 11am at Parliament Buildings when representatives of those who commissioned it will be present.
The legal opinion will provide important clarity amongst all the hype and spin of recent days.