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Balkan Insight (June 6, 2022)

Bronwyn Jones

Pristina

Allegations of judicial interference and political pressure convulsed the European Union’s rule-of-law mission in Kosovo as a British lawyer who became a powerful judge despite lacking the required legal credentials was fired for misconduct.

The end of 2017 was also the end of Malcolm Simmons’ career as an international judge in the Balkans.

He had never served as a judge in his home country, as the Judicial Office in the UK confirmed, but had nevertheless managed to make it as far as becoming the president of the Assembly of Judges of EULEX – the European Union rule-of-law mission tasked with establishing rule of law and a justice system in Kosovo.

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