The UK is exploring a possible compromise over the role of the European Court of Justice in Northern Ireland, one of the most difficult sticking points in ongoing negotiations about post-Brexit trading arrangements.
British proposals to break a long-standing deadlock over the role of the court include supplementing the ECJ with an independent arbitration panel, according to multiple people familiar with the talks. This panel would be called on to settle future disagreements, with the ECJ being consulted on matters related to EU law, the people said.