Boris Johnson, when Foreign Secretary, was personally briefed by senior Foreign Office staff regarding whistleblower allegations made by UK judge but Foreign Office failed to intervene fearing it might harm relations with the EU. Edward Montague In 2017 the European External Action Service informed Judge Malcolm Simmons that he would be subject to a disciplinary investigation. It was alleged that (a) he had “improper” communication with defence counsel and (b) he “interfered” in a case. So what were the facts? In the first case it was alleged Judge Malcolm Simmons had “improper” communications with defence counsel. What were those “improper” communications? The case in question was a war crime case.…