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Judgement of Senior District Judge Howard Riddle: Ministry of Justice, Estonia v. Anna-Maria Galojan

This official court ruling from the Westminster Magistrates' Court records the discharge of requested person Anna-Maria Galojan in her extradition proceedings with the Estonian Ministry of Justice. Chief Magistrate Howard Riddle ruled that under binding precedent established in Dimitri Lavrov and others, the International Judicial Cooperation Unit within Estonia's Ministry of Justice lacked sufficient functional independence from the executive branch to qualify as a "judicial authority" under Section 2(2) of the UK Extradition Act 2003, resulting in the dismissal of the extradition application

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Part of Anna Maria Galojan Case File: The Coverage, The Courts, And The Caricature

Estonia Politics Published 8 April 2026 at 22:33 Source: 1 January 2011
Verified by Mike Leidig

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Extradition Act 2003Anna-Maria GalojanHoward RiddleWestminster Magistrates CourtJudicial AuthorityEuropean Arrest WarrantEstonian Ministry of JusticeLavrov PrecedentJudicial IndependenceUK Extradition Law

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