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Court interpreting: Lords committee urges Mahmood to halt procurement process
A Lords committee currently conducting a major inquiry into court interpreting services is so alarmed by what it has heard so far that it has taken the drastic step of urging the lord chancellor to halt a procurement process for new language services contracts until its concerns are addressed.
Court interpreting inquiry: government contractor corrects profit 'assumption'
The company contracted by the Ministry of Justice to provide court interpreting makes a profit of only two pence per £1, a House of Lords inquiry has been told.
The interpreter, for some reason, was cancelled
The interpreter, for some reason, was cancelled. We need an interpreter.
Courts in chaos as translators take control of proceedings
Translators are coming up with their own questions or telling defendants how to answer
