In a hearing that ended at 2:15am BST on September 27, 2026, Mr Justice Michael Humphreys of the High Court in Northern Ireland dismissed a remitted challenge by Garvaghy Road residents to the Parades Commission determination allowing a limited Orange Order parade along the road, Belfast Live, The Irish Times and The Independent reported. He held the commission’s decision was reasoned and not irrational, saying the court cannot substitute its view for the commission’s.
At an 11:30pm sitting on September 26, 2026, Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal allowed an appeal against a High Court injunction that had temporarily blocked the Parades Commission’s determination permitting an Orange Order parade along Portadown’s Garvaghy Road on September 27, The Independent and The Irish Times reported. Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan said Justice Patricia Smyth, who granted the Saturday injunction, had “unfortunately erred in law.”