{"id":800909,"date":"2026-10-13T05:10:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T05:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/800909\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T05:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T05:10:30","slug":"garvaghy-road-solicitor-rejects-jamie-bryson-claims-that-court-ruling-clears-the-way-for-other-traditional-parades-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/800909\/","title":{"rendered":"Garvaghy Road solicitor rejects Jamie Bryson claims that court ruling clears the way for other \u2018traditional parades\u2019 \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A solicitor for Garvaghy Road residents has rejected claims by loyalist Jamie Bryson that an appeal court ruling linked to the Drumcree dispute<\/a> clears the way for Orangemen to march other contentious \u201ctraditional routes\u201d. <\/p>\n

Mr Bryson, who is described as a legal advisor to Portadown Orangemen, was speaking after the Appeal Court said the Parades Commission properly dealt with a police assessment on the potential risk of disorder in its controversial determination last month.<\/p>\n

The parade, which was to involve 35 Orange Order members walking along the route, was banned by Secretary of State Chris Bryant after PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher requested a review of the commission\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

Last week representatives from nationalist residents\u2019 groups linked to parading flashpoints across the north, met on the Garvaghy Road.<\/p>\n

\"Garvaghy<\/a>\"Evening<\/a><\/p>\n

They included Springfield Road Residents Action Group, Bogside Residents Association, Lower Ormeau Concerned Community and Short Strand Residents Association.<\/p>\n

The groups had previously issued a joint statement expressing concern at the impact of the recent Drumcree stand-off on agreements in other areas, saying accommodation \u201ccould unravel if the Orange Order continues to insist on parading down the Garvaghy Road\u201d.<\/p>\n

Speaking outside court on Monday, Mr Bryson claimed the Court of Appeal ruling \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Court of Appeal has now embedded under Article 11, the starting point and the presumption that traditional parades, if it\u2019s crucial to the individual applying, start from the point that they should go ahead and it\u2019s up for those opposed to them to reach the very high threshold of interference,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is a fundamental departure of the last 28 years, where both sides started at an equal position, and the commission weighed it up.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, those organising traditional parades start from the presumption that they go ahead, and that is seismic, as one senior counsel described to me on the way out.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is groundbreaking in Article 11 terms and for parading in Northern Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also referenced other contentious areas and insisted the Orange Order will now march through these districts.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, for all the people who were issuing threats,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor those 11 residents groups dug up from the 1990s to threaten parades, go ahead, open them all up.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you see after the Court of Appeal decision today, we are going to be walking all of those traditional routes again.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, everything you thought you had gained over the last 28 years, everything you thought you had achieved in doing away with these traditional parades, go and read the Court of Appeal judgment today, everything has changed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"GarvaghySolicitor Darragh Mackin and Breand\u00e1n Mac Cionnaith. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN <\/p>\n

Garvaghy Road residents\u2019 solicitor Darragh Mackin, of Phoenix Law, argued the legal ruling did not set a precedent.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to note what this decision is, and what it is not,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not an invitation or precedent on how parades should now be approached. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is simply a review of the parades commission decision in this case.\u201d <\/p>\n

Mr Mackin said the court, \u201chaving looked at all of the factors, determined that the parades commission acted within its margin of appreciation.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo translate such a judicial review decision into anything more is, would be to misunderstand the judicial review process,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Garvaghy Road residents spokesman Breand\u00e1n Mac Cionnaith said the judgment was \u201cacademic\u201d given that the Secretary of State had already banned the march.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ban is in place, that\u2019s what we sought,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A solicitor for Garvaghy Road residents has rejected claims by loyalist Jamie Bryson that an appeal court ruling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[259233,59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-800909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-garvaghy-road","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}