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The current state of interpreting services in the courts is inefficient, ineffective and poses a risk to the administration of justice, peers declared today following an extensive inquiry. The government was urged to use a current procurement for language services contracts to reform the sector ‘or risk reinforcing significant jeopardy to justice for the foreseeable future’.
Case against Eritrean national adjourned because no interpreter who spoke his language could be found
Attempts were made to extend the interpreter’s booking for the full day, but they already had prior a engagement booked by the time the request was made.
Court interpreters could see regular pay rises when new government contracts for language services begins next year, the Ministry of Justice has told parliamentarians conducting an inquiry into translation services.
