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MoJ releases guidance to courts for booking interpreters through Capita TI

Yelena McCafferty   /   Letters   /   25 April 2013

33 pages of guidance to court staff made public by MoJ

FOI request for breakdown of assignments by tiers

Brendan Pells   /   Letters   /   24 April 2013

In order for the MoJ to have an effective and robust complaints system, it is implausible that the MoJ does not gather and retain data on the requested tier and supplied tier for individual assignments

Cases get adjourned as Capita linguists cancel at the last moment and NRPSI interpreters refuse to bail out

Observer   /   HMCTS Interpreting Reports   /   23 April 2013

'As I arrived at the Court I received a desperate phone call from the court asking if I was available to assist them. I informed them that I was on the premises but that I was not prepared to help them out as second option.'

First they came for the interpreters, then the lawyers

Steve Woods, http://www.slwoods.co.uk/   /   Analysis and Comment   /   23 April 2013

Ever since the coalition government got its foot in the door of the MoJ in Petty France, their primary concern seems to have been to save money, not to ensure that justice is administered fairly and equitably


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